Animals – Creation Moments

Airplane Fingers

Genesis 1:20 “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” Aerodynamics, the science of flight, is a highly complex science. Th...

Learn of God’s Loving Provision

Job 12:7-8“But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee: and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.” A number of species of fish l...

Geckos Don’t Need Flashlights

Psalm 146:8The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous…. You get up early. The illumination isn’t very good, you put on your socks anyway, only to find out, in the light of d...

The Squid Without a Shadow

Psalm 18:28“For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness” Many marine creatures reflect surrounding light. They can do so because of tiny light-reflecting platelets. Typically, these crystalline platelets are made ...

Birds Do Mental Time Travel

Matthew 13:4“And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up….” Episodic memory, the ability to remember something that happened in the past is called mental time travel. It has long been thoug...

Not Every Gift Has Value

Romans 6:23“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Human bridegrooms are not the only males who give gifts to their intended. The birds and the flies do it, too. On a previous program...

The Key to Real Leadership

Proverbs 12:24“The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.” Wasp colonies in temperate zones usually wait until the end of summer to raise male young. That’s because male wasps are typically useless...

The Amphipod’s Unique Escape

James 4:7 “Submit yourself therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” The hunted are smart to stay downwind of the hunter. Many predators hunt using scent, at least in part. The same principle works in water. Many predators...

The Deception of a Glow in the Dark Shark

Jeremiah 17:9“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” The creation is filled with plants and animals which use deception to survive. The glow in the dark cookie-cutter shark is a master at such decept...

There Could Be Magic Dragons

Psalm 148:7, 10“Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps…Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl.” Numerous television programs have been made about the Komodo dragon and the creatures are even going on...