Nephesh

Children and Dogs Are Designed to Help One Another

February 27, 2023

A few summers ago, I took one of my sons to a remote part of British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains. As we were nearing the...

Creation Model

by Hugh Ross Read

Do Our Pets Go to Heaven?

November 18, 2022

Question of the week: Do our pets go to heaven? Do animals have souls? Is it true that dead animals are also in heaven?...

Bible

by Hugh Ross Read

Dogs, Too, Shed Tears of Joy

October 3, 2022

Scientists have long believed that humans are the only animals that shed tears of emotions. Humans shed tears when they are sad or grieved....

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

Which Animals Are Nephesh Animals?

September 18, 2020

Question of the week: What type of animals would not be nephesh species?

Biology

by Hugh Ross Read

Rats’ Hide-and-Seek Game Affirms Biblical Creation

September 30, 2019

In many war movies that were released fifty to eighty years ago, an infantry lieutenant would challenge his platoon with the question, “Are we...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Hugh Ross Read

More Evidence That Nephesh Animals Were Designed for Relationships with Humans

August 13, 2018

An experiment performed by one British and three Hungarian biologists provides yet more scientific evidence that certain non-human animals were designed in advance to...

Biology

by Hugh Ross Read

What Does Animal Altruism Tell Us about God?

April 24, 2017

Genesis 1 singles out the nephesh animals for their distinction from previously existing creatures. The Hebrew word nephesh is best translated as “soulish animal.”...

Biology

by Hugh Ross Read