The Sun Also Rises

Mar 28 2024 563
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The news keeps getting darker. The world seems to keep getting bleaker. But Solomon wrote, “the sun also ariseth.” The Sun Also Rises transmits the true, the bright and the beautiful, glints of light in a world going black. Each week, host Jeremiah Jacques brings you stories of refreshing accomplishment, intriguing science and inspiring lives—glimmers of hope that hint at a better world to come.

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#66: Swallowing Fire (2024)

Mar 28 2024 29 mins  
When the sun came up on May 28 back in the year 585 BC, the Medes and Lydians were still at war. They had been at each other’s throats for years, and it looked like there was no end in sight for their conflict. But something extraordinary happened on the battlefield that day, which changed everything. This episode also features an interview with Mr. Stephen Coats, instructor of e

#65: Look for the Helpers —Ukraine Edition

Jan 05 2023 28 mins  
This episode focuses on individuals and organizations that are helping victims of Russia's war on Ukraine in remarkable ways.

#64: 'Like a Fairytale'—Once Dead, the North Aral Sea Is Now Teeming With Life

Aug 11 2022 28 mins  
The Aral Sea was victim to the worst man-made ecological disaster in history. Now part of it is coming back to life, and the restoration has implications for the whole world. Order your free copy of The Wonderful World Tomorrow—What It Will Be Like.

#63: A Song Makes You Feel a Thought

Jun 23 2022 32 mins  
In this episode, we look at the magic that can happen at the intersection of music and language— magic so powerful it may have played a role in bringing down the Soviet Union. As Edgar Yipsel Harburg said, "Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.” Order your free copy of How God Values Music "The Two Grenadiers" (with Eng

#62: The Defenders of Mariupol, Ukraine

May 26 2022 28 mins  
One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's main goals in this year’s invasion of Ukraine was to quickly conquer the port city of Mariupol so that he could then devote more troops and resources to subduing Kyiv and the rest of the nation. But the defenders of Mariupol put up lionhearted resistance for months on end that defied all expectations and changed the course of the war. Thi

#61: Regreening the Deserts

Jun 23 2021 32 mins  
China's Loess Plateau was anciently a lush area. But as more people made it their home, the demand for resources grew. Over the course of thousands of years, aggressive farming and overgrazing stripped away the vegetation almost entirely. This lead to severe soil erosion and eventually turned the Loess plateau into basically a denuded desert. In the mid 1990s, Chinese and foreign

#60: See Beyond

Jun 03 2021 39 mins  
The Hubble Space Telescope was a game-changer, letting humankind peer back in time and tease mind-stretching secrets from the cosmos. But the James Webb Space Telescope—scheduled for launch into space later this year—promises to allow us see even further back. While Hubble was able to see what you could call toddler galaxies, the JWST will be able to look back 13.5 billion year

#59: Rejecting the Default

Mar 03 2021 23 mins  
Life is full of defaults. Many of them are so entrenched they are hard to even recognize as optional. "Few, indeed, ever stop to ask themselves in retrospect how they came to accept the beliefs that have found lodgment in their minds," the late Mr. Herbert Armstrong observed this in his book Mystery of the Ages. This episode takes a look at some of the defaults of life, and why we

#58: The Watery Veil

Feb 11 2021 19 mins  
“We know more about the surface of the Moon and about Mars than we do about the deep sea floor,” oceanography Paul Snelgrove said. Today's episode aims to shine a bit of light into the obscurity of the deeps. Map of Mars Map of the Moon Map of the ocean floor Does God Exist?

#57: A Good Example Is the Best Sermon

Dec 31 2020 28 mins  
An old English proverb states: "A good example is the best sermon." Today's episode examines some accounts illustrating this point. Order your free copy of Mr. Gerald Flurry's The God Family Vision