Job 38:32 “Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” The Book of Job contains references both to a modern view of the universe and an Earth-centric view of the imaginary star shapes that we call const...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:14 “And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:” The constellation known as the Great Bear is possibly one of the bes...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” It isn’t easy to see Mercury. Because its orbit is close to the Sun, it can really only be viewed with the naked eye very shortly after sunset or very sh...
Continue ReadingPsalm 89:36-37 “His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.” “What else do we have to look forward to?” asked the enthusiast...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” “Researchers found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star,” announced a popular science website recently. ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” When I learned about planets as a boy, Saturn was unique because it had rings. Then, in 1977, we were astonished to discover that Uranus also had rings. Nowada...
Continue ReadingProverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” As I was writing this script, I was listening to Herschel’s Symphony number 8 in C minor. Yes, he wrote symphonies and was an accomp...
Continue ReadingPsalm 8:1 “O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.” There are phrases which can be used in science articles which will immediately pique interest, or at least convey some information about...
Continue ReadingGenesis 15:5-6 “And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness....
Continue ReadingJude 1:13 “Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. “ In the previous few months as I write this script, the planet Jupiter has been featured heavily in items on sci...
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