Isaiah 43:20“The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.” It’s a dark, moonless night. A barn owl perches, sil...
Continue Reading2 Timothy 2:8 “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel….” You look up a telephone number and dial it. You didn’t write it down, you simply remembered it. But an hour later, you will proba...
Continue ReadingLuke 18:1 “And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint…” Normally they bother no one. The creatures, called protozoan ciliates, quietly go about their business in water filled tree holes, e...
Continue Reading1 Chronicles 16:9 “Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.” Tropical beauty has inspired many Hawaiian love songs. However, none is more unusual than the love song of Hawaiian fruit flies. There are more than 10...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:25 “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that [it was] good.” The unusual discovery of the most ancient termite nest...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:3 “Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, [even] the sure mercies of David.” All insects that hear, except one, have two ears. Some insects have ears on t...
Continue ReadingPsalm 147:7-8 “Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.” A grass like plant called the gra...
Continue ReadingColossians 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? Scientist...
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-flyin...
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