Welcome. This is a bonus daily article podcast titled, Battle Equipped Robot Dog debuts at Russian Arms Fair.

It is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins. A robot dog with a rocket-propelled grenade strapped to its back has been unveiled at a Russian arms fair.

Two high school students in California have identified two new scorpion species, as though we needed any more.

First Lady Jill Biden presumably receives the best medical care available in the U.S.

and is double- and double boosted against

COVID-19. However, she recently tested positive for the virus and will quarantine in South Carolina

where she and the president are vacationing. Of course, President Biden recently contracted

the virus twice as well. And a new study warns that a disastrous megaflod, causing more than $1 trillion in losses,

could be on its way to California.

The chances of such a crisis have doubled in recent years, according to the report.

These stories all illustrate our mortality, whether from warfare, disease, or natural disasters.

This moment is the only moment any of us is promised. Jesus could return later today or we could go to

him. However, my purpose is not to depress us, but to encourage us. Since we have only this day,

we're free to focus fully on this day. When we do that,

we experience the eternal significance of present faithfulness. Western culture from the ancient

Greeks to today has viewed history as a line on a page. We have a past, a present, and presumably

a future. By contrast, an Eastern mindset has historically

been more cyclical following a reincarnation motif. Contemporary secular society is intensely

existentialist, picturing our lives as random, chaotic dots on a white board.

But there's a fourth option. Theologian Paul Tillick spoke of the eternal noun.

He pointed to the fact that God is present in each moment of our lives.

In fact, we might say all of God there is is in this moment.

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