Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” In the beginning – about 13.8 billion years ago – there was nothing. There were no atoms or molecules, and no forces. Then, suddenly, for no reason at all – Bang! Everything ca...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork”. Certain scientific topics can be predicted to arise over and over again. One such topic which recurs with great regularity is the topic of Mars – or, more pa...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:7-8 “And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” ...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 40:22 “It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.” Words can be difficult to follow because...
Continue ReadingI Corinthians 15:40-41 “There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory ...
Continue ReadingJames 1:11-12 “For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. Blessed is the man that endu...
Continue ReadingDeuteronomy 4:19 “And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all na...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:3 “Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.” Why is the sky dark at night? There’s more to the answer to this question than the fact that the stars do not appear as bright as the sun from Earth. If stars ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1-3 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.” Those of you who grew ...
Continue ReadingProverbs 16:33 “The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.” In these Creation Moments, we have frequently advised reading between the lines to understand the presuppositions of scientific issues, as we will often fin...
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