John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” It has long been argued that animals do not make friendships. According to evolutionary thinking, animals only make friends among relatives because it benef...
Continue ReadingPsalm 139:8 “If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.” A series of unlikely discoveries has scientists shaking their heads. They have discovered the smallest creatures ever seen three miles below th...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:9 “[Praise the LORD] Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars:” How old is a tree? It is commonly assumed that the age of trees can be found by looking at a cross section of the tree trunk and counting the rings. Tree rings a...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” If there was a Big Bang, where did it...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 33:15-16 “He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shal...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:16 “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” As a child, I was so enthralled by the Apollo moon landings. For many people, interest waned after Apollo ...
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.” 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...
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