Colossians 1:15-16 “Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalit...
Continue ReadingPsalm 100:3 “Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.” What keeps the big-bodied bumblebee with those little stubby wings in the air? Scientists are still tryi...
Continue ReadingPsalm 119:89 “For ever, O Lord, thy word is settled in heaven.” Both archaeology and the Bible suggest that the world was once quite different from the world we know today. Each agrees that the earth’s climate was once much more uniform than it is ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 119:154 “Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.” The swiftly moving bat cuts almost invisibly through the darkness, silent to all but those who can hear its ultrasonic radar. What chance does a poor night-flying cricke...
Continue ReadingJob 9:10 “Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.” The relatively rare bucket orchid, Coryanthes, behaves almost like an animal at pollination time. This remarkable ability is essential to its survival. Coryanthes h...
Continue ReadingJohn 14:6 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’” Is it possible that your pharmacist could be a chimpanzee? That’s not such a silly question. Naturalists are discovering that many ...
Continue Reading2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” We ...
Continue Reading1 Corinthians 6:20 “ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” Some creatures seem more wise and powerful in dealing with the problems of living than seems reasonable. For example,...
Continue ReadingEphesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” It’s a warm day on the Amazon River. A small fish swims near the surface looking among the natural floa...
Continue ReadingEphesians 4:14 “That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;” One good method of avoiding attack in nature...
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