Isaiah 55:8 ‘For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” In 1981 it was only a theory – one that seemed to go against all logic. The theory said that if you have a signal – say, a sound that was t...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:10 “And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.” Hydrogen is the most abundant metal in the universe. The most common isotope of hydrogen consists of atoms made of...
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.” Once upon a time, we divided vertebrate animals (those animals with a backb...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the ear...
Continue ReadingSong of Solomon 1:15 “Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.” I have blue eyes. My children have blue eyes. Their mother had blue eyes. As you were probably taught in high school, the gene for blue eyes is ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 139:14 “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well.” Do your eyes ever play tricks on you? Our eyes regularly play tricks on us with the help of our br...
Continue ReadingJohn 11:11-12 “These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.” When you are ill, you need sleep. ...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 10:1 “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: [so doth] a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom [and] honour.” We don’t often think about our sense of smell. While our nos...
Continue ReadingMatthew 10:30-31 “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.” They are the only cells in the human body that repeatedly die and self-regenerate throughout life. And science...
Continue ReadingRomans 5:9 “Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.” “Dog bites man” is not an unusual headline. However, “Man bites dog” would usually get people’s attention....
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