Genesis 1:31-2:1 “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.” The ability to predict new discov...
Continue ReadingPsalm 44:8 “In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.” Nothing is more frustrating than glue that refuses to stick. And nothing is harder on an adhesive’s ability to stick than water. Water can prevent adhesives from...
Continue ReadingExodus 3:6 “Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.” Some types of bacteria are able to go into a state of suspended animat...
Continue ReadingRomans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.” One unusual argument that the universe is the work of the Creator rather than aimless chance goes li...
Continue Reading2 Peter 3:4 “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation.” Many people know that, despite its appearance, coral is actually a tiny ani...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 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 ...
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