Mixed Cattle News Herd Live cattle futures faced downward pressure this week. A trend toward market liquidation seems to be continuing with active trading contracts trending lower toward August. Following the July holiday, demand looks to drop. However, fundamental supply constraints remain ...

Does biblical narrative supersede biblical law? According to Deuteronomy 21:17 firstborn sons are given a double share of the inheritance. Thus, if a man had two sons, the firstborn received two thirds of the inheritance; if a man had three sons, his estate was divided into fourths with the ...

Two years ago, when catastrophic flooding hit Northwest Iowa late in the evening, our communities were devastated by tragic losses. Families lost their homes, businesses were forced to close their doors, schools suffered extensive damage, and critical infrastructure was overwhelmed. In ...

The United States nation faces threats that extend beyond the familiar divide between Democrats and Republicans. Increasingly, two ideological movements -- one on the far left, one emerging on the populist right -- share a willingness to undermine the principles that have long defined the ...

Iowans are struggling through a mounting public health crisis, and the U.S. Supreme Court just took one of our tools to seek redress off the table. Bayer, the manufacturer of Roundup, couldn’t get their way at the Iowa statehouse or in Congress, so they went to our nation’s highest court to ...

In a previous article, we looked at the personal name of God in the Hebrew Old Testament “YHWH” or “Yahweh.” According to learnhebrewforchristians.com website, when the Hebrew Bible was read aloud in ancient Israel, every time readers encountered the four-letter name “YHWH” they ...