Psalm 46:9“He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire.” The world that God created for us and intended us to live in had no wars and no death beca...
Continue ReadingGenesis 11:7“Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” You hear a bird sing. Can you tell by its dialect where it spends the winter? Birds, like some other creatures, do...
Continue Reading1 Thessalonians 4:6“That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.” Most listeners have heard of the little “cleaner fish”...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:7, 10“Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps … Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl…” Could a plant devise a special growth for itself so that it becomes inviting to its only pollina...
Continue ReadingPsalm 104:25“So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.” If you enjoy keeping tropical fish, the Mantis shrimp is one creature you may not want to keep in your aquarium. While this crea...
Continue ReadingPsalm 81:16“He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.” Given the size of its brain, could a honeybee recognize a specific human face? And if a bee could recognize sp...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 53:5“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Imagine being at a party that’s all packed into one room and every...
Continue ReadingPsalm 27:10“When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.” What’s green, has three eyes and is one of the rarest animals on Earth? The answer: the tuatara. This reptile is found today only on a few small islands...
Continue ReadingNumbers 22:30“And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.” Have you ever noticed that we can usually sense whether an...
Continue ReadingI Samuel 2:3“Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.” Several years ago Koko the gorilla amazed scientists and the public by apparently le...
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