By: Zach Collins On the night of December 9th, 1914, Edison Industries was destroyed by a fire. In the flames, Edison lost two million dollars over night and much of his life’s work. Unfortunately, he was only insured for about $238,000 because the buildings were made of concrete, which at the time was thought to be fireproof. At the time, Thomas Edison was 67 years old – no longer a young man – and everything he had worked for had been destroyed in the flames. At least, that’s how we would view such a loss. However, Edison did not share that same perspective. The story goes, as Edison walked amongst the charred embers of his hopes and dreams, he beheld his life’s work and said, “There is great value in disaster. All of our mistakes are burned up and, thank God, we can begin anew.” Sure, all his accomplishments and inventions were destroyed in the fire, but so were his mistakes. He was never too old to begin anew, and he found that refreshing.  Moses was also afforded the chance, by God, to begin anew. It has been said, “Moses lived 40 years as a son of Pharoah, 40 years as a son of Jethro, and then 40 years as a son of God.” Though his upbringing was royal, Moses never forgot his roots and always seemed to possess a heart of gold. However, Moses still committed many mistakes. After he saw the burdens of the Jewish people, he attempted …

By: Zach Collins According to the New American Oxford Dictionary, the term amazed can be defined as, “surprise (someone) greatly; fill with astonishment.” In fact, this term is used heavily within our culture. If you were to casually scroll through any TV guide or streaming platform, you would find many TV shows and movies that are prefaced with the word amazing. For example, The Amazing Race, or The Amazing Spiderman, or Amazing Grace. We, as Americans, love to be amazed and astonished. However, this term is also found in the scriptures. In fact, there is one situation that stands out within the holy scriptures, where our Savior was amazed.   Let us allow this question to guide the remainder of this article: What amazes Jesus?  In Luke the seventh chapter, at the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus comes into Capernaum where a life-or-death situation is presented before Him. Here’s the situation: The servant of a Roman centurion was sick and ready to die, so the elders of the Jews come before Jesus and plead with Him to heal this servant. Jesus proceeds to come into this man’s home, where we see one of the strongest attitudes of humility in all the Bible. In this account, the centurion demonstrates great humility, (v. 6), and recognized the authority of the Christ, (v. 8). In fact, because of this marvelous attitude, we find the answer to our question, in v. 9, when the Bible records, “When Jesus heard these things, …