Psalms 119:46-47 “I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.” Evidence speaks for itself, we are told. But, that is not the case. The one thing that ev...
Continue ReadingGenesis 11:9 “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.” The concept of so-called cave art is not new. ...
Continue ReadingRevelation 22:3 “And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:” There are some pastors and teachers who tell me that it does not matter what we believe about Genesis. It doe...
Continue ReadingRomans 11:34 “For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?” All the textbooks inform us that the speed of light is about 186,000 miles per second. This is the absolute speed limit of the universe, according to EinsteinR...
Continue ReadingProverbs 2:6 “For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.” John Stevens Henslow was a highly respected scientist of the 19th century. He taught both botany and mineralogy at England’s Cambridge University. In...
Continue ReadingGenesis 43:11 “And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:” New ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 92:5-6 “O Lord, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.” Researchers in the 1950s and ’60s established that the octopus is quite intelligent and can learn dif...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” There has been a considerable amount of interest over exoplanets recently. This is due, in large part, to information gleaned from the Kepler spacecraft, which...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:8 “And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.” We take the sky for granted. It is just there. Yet, whether it is covered with cloud, or clear, we do not consider the fact that, during the dayt...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 4:4 “Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit..” In 1637 Rene Descartes published a ground-breaking treatise on optics. His breakthro...
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