The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Isaiah says that God “… made the earth and created man on it …” (Isaiah 45:12), and of that creation we learn that it was “very good” (Genesis 1:31), with mankind having been created ...

The Wildflower Kingdom, in all its diversity, is dwarfed by the uniqueness of the individuals that make up the 7.5 billion ...

However, what almost everyone has missed is the hidden message that Michelangelo inserted: a human brain dissimulated in the figure of God. The Creation of Adam was painted around 1511. Some five ...

God first works for us, as the Lord once said, “the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve” (Matthew 20:28). His work is to do things like restoring sight to the blind and raising ...

God being Spirit, His creation is therefore entirely spiritual. As Science and Health explains a few pages later: “Spirit, God, has created all in and of Himself” (p. 335). Wow.

God invites us all into this conversation, where we may come to be ourselves, as He made us to be. • Maxim Gibson is the rector at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Juneau.

The average person spends approximately 90,000 hours, which is most of their waking life, at work. In many ways, what we do for our work molds the shape of our lives. And God made it this way.

In the lead-up to the 2024 US election, we are seeing unprecedented attempts to restrict the God-given, creative agency of the trans community. At the time of writing, the ACLU is tracking 491 ...

Human Imperfection Is No Strike Against God God extended the astounding gift of existence to something less perfect than himself. Oct. 31, 2022 12:19 pm ET Share Resize ...

We are in the midst of a massive cultural shift in regard to sexuality and gender, and that change is happening primarily among young people. I have been a pastor for 22 years and have worked ...