Want to break the pirate’s code and figure out the secret message from the October issue of Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine? In case you missed it, here it is again: How It Works: This code is made entirely of pirate heads! To find the secret message, read only the letters that appear on …
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You finally got the new video game/phone/handheld super-toy that everyone’s been talking about. It’s natural to feel excited, but are you a bit too excited? If you’re not careful, electronic devices can take over your life. Take this quiz to see if you could use a timeout from technology. 1. Are all of the electrical …
My alarm clock hadn’t gone off more than 2 seconds before loud whooping filled our house. A big shadow cartwheeled into my room. “Get up, Bob!” Dad said. “Today is the day that the Lord has made . . . for your mom and me!” “I know, Dad,” I said. “It’s the first day of …
“I want to see Maria! I want to see Maria!” I screamed in the hospital waiting room. I was only 3 years old, but I knew my fraternal twin sister, Maria, needed help as she lay in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit down the hall. My heart beat faster and faster. “Let me see Maria!” …
What do you picture when you think of Jesus’ 12 disciples? Old men with gray beards? You probably don’t imagine a bunch of scruffy, pimply teenagers. Yet some scholars believe that when Jesus called His disciples, many of them were no more than teenagers. The Jewish culture believed in educating children as young as 5 …
Greetings and salutations! Have you solved this month’s perplexing puzzle? If you think you have the answer, click on the image below.
Is July’s code giving you an (atom)-splitting headache? Here it is again: How It Works This code uses symbols from the Periodic Table of Elements. Each element has an atomic number that describes the number of protons found in its nucleus. Match the atomic number to the first letter of the element’s atomic symbol (the …
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The studio recording light flashes red. Shona K. looks to her right and sees Connie Kendall, er . . . Katie Leigh. Across the room Jess Harnell (aka Wooton Bassett) studies his script from behind a black baseball cap. Shona blinks. Can this actually be real? “At first I am starstruck,” Shona admits. “I’m kind …
Did you solve this kickin’ code? Here it is again: SN JMNV GHL ZMC GHR ONVDQ. It might help to look up Philippians 3:10. In that verse, the apostle Paul sets out his goal (which is very different from a soccer goal). How It Works To crack this code, think like a soccer player. Just …
1. You’re talking with friends near your school’s main entrance. A woman arrives with twins in a stroller. She asks how to find Mr. Johnson’s classroom. You . . . a) say, “Why? Is it lost?” and double over laughing. b) give her directions and offer to push the stroller for her. c) say, “Sorry, …
The word worship has more than one meaning. Devoted fans boldly worship a sports star or a movie hero. Kids at school may hungrily worship popularity or good grades. The children of Israel were commanded to only worship the One True God. The fact is, God designed worship as a core part of every human …
Did you have a tough time cracking January’s stopwatch code? Here it is again: How It Works First, multiply the minutes by 60 and add the remaining seconds to convert stopwatch times to total seconds: 179, 2, 151, 5 and 41. This code uses additive primes—prime numbers whose digits add up to another prime number. …
The October code is no joke. Here it is again: How It Works Each clown’s hair color is worth a specific number of points: red = 0; orange = 1; yellow = 2; green = 3; blue = 4; purple = 5. Each clown’s nose color is also worth points: red = 0; orange = …
Everybody knows the story of Samson. He single-handedly fought a lion and defeated thousands of soldiers. Samson was so amazing that it’s easy to forget that God’s strongest hero was once a child. Reagan M. plays “Little Samson” in the brand-new Bible musical at Sight & Sound Theatres in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The $5 million …
Did you break into a sweat trying to solve July’s runner code? Here it is again: How It Works To write the letter A in this code, divide 1 by 26.2—the total miles in a marathon. Then write down the first three numbers after the decimal. If the fourth digit is 5 or larger, round …
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these adorable Fingerprint Cookies (from the February 2019 issue).