Acts 1:11b “Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” Though we are aware of no confirmed reports of meatba...
Continue ReadingMatthew 7:12 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Welcome to Australia! This delightful continent is home to many of the world’s most poisonous...
Continue Reading1 Samuel 21:13 “And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.” A few days ago, a light bulb on my ceiling fan exploded, s...
Continue ReadingPsalm 71:1 “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.” Some sports figures have practically made an art of trash-talking. Perhaps the most famous of them all is Muhammad Ali. His taunts-filled trash-talk – both be...
Continue Reading1 John 4:6 “We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” What do a butterfly’s shimmering wings, a fish’s opalescent scales, and ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 119:114 “Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.” It has long been known that electric eels are able to immobilize prey with a jolt of electricity. But new research, reported in the journal Science, has shown that eel...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:20a “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life…” The long and skinny shrimpfish must surely be one of the strangest sea creatures to come from the hand of a Creator who never ceases to a...
Continue Reading1 Kings 22:30 “And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.” When the South American false-eyed ...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 4:6 “And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain.” It’s a sunny, sweltering summer day, and you’re looking for a place to pa...
Continue ReadingDeuteronomy 32:11 “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:” The foundation of evolution is so weak, the flight feather of a bird can send it crumbling to ...
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