Genesis 1:20 “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” I remember watching a kingfisher, sitting on the branch of a tree, overlookin...
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 author Gilbert Keith Chesterton had some wise things to say ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 7:2 “Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.” It might seem obvious to people today to suppose that tigers are cats. We classify them as...
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.” Tasmanian tigers were not cats. They weren’t even tigers. Many...
Continue ReadingJob 39:13-15 “Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, and forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.” O...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 13:21 “But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.” I remember a news report on a local radio station in Bridgend, Wales, which sa...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:21 “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” There are quite a number of birds that...
Continue ReadingPsalm 84:3-4 “Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Sel...
Continue Reading1 Timothy 6:20 “O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:” I became a government school science teacher in 1983. One syllabus that I was handed for teaching...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:20 “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.” The eye is a very complex organ. A vertebrate eye, such as that possessed by ...
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