Quick math quiz: if you start with the number two, and add two to it, what do you get? Now, what if you multiply two times two? Same answer, right? Well done!
What if you repeat that pattern: addition versus squaring? Now the numbers are different. If you repeat the original pattern just three times, you have eight by addition and 256 by multiplication. Amazing, isn't it?
I thought of this recently with reference to the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5000 (men, plus their families) and 4000. ... Read More |