Have you ever wondered why a sunset on a beach is captivating, snowcapped mountains are breathtaking, and a valley filled with wildflowers is enchanting?

"If you walk in My statutes and keep
My commandments, and perform them,
then I will give you rain in its season,
the land shall yield its produce,
and the trees shall yield their fruit."
Leviticus 26:3–4 NKJV

Some readers might think the answer to this question is so obvious that maybe we’re offering it as a kind of joke—but it’s no joke. A number of people seem to actually believe the earth is flat, a view that a few NBA stars have voiced in the past.^1,2 Do we know the earth is round, and does it matter?

God has designed some creatures with an amazing ability to stop or slow down their metabolism (life processes) when encountering challenging conditions.