More Wondrous Still

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On a mild, clear summer night, our family loves to gaze into the evening sky and look for any of the dozens of resplendent star constellations. After minutes of searching, the kids will grin ear to ear upon discovering the Big Dipper. On any given night, there are some 4,500 stars visible from the onlooker’s horizon. However, that figure pales compared to the total count of cosmic luminaries above. There are some 300 billion stars in our Milky Way galaxy alone (multiply that by hundreds of billions, perhaps even trillions, of galaxies). According to recent estimates by the American Astronomical Society, the total stellar population is about 200 billion trillion. . .

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Paul J. Palma is a Biblical Studies professor at Regent University. He is the author of several books, including Beyond the Evangelical Gender Roles Gridlock: Reimagining Paul's Views on Women, Marriage, and Ministry (Lexington), Grassroots Pentecostalism in Brazil and the United States (Palgrave Macmillan), Embracing Our Roots: Rediscovering the Value of Faith, Family, and Tradition (Wipf & Stock), and Italian American Pentecostalism and the Struggle for Religious Identity (Routledge). Among numerous articles and book chapters, Dr. Palma contributed several biographies to the Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States (Rowman & Littlefield). He is a contributing writer for CBN.

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  1. Loved this! Thank you! It is truly amazing that he would be mindful of us/me!

    [image: primary YL horiz_color_small] Mike Terranova Virginia Beach South Area Director virginiabeachsouth.younglife.org

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