Genesis 4:21 “And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.” The Bible tells us that the earliest generations of human beings were making music. By the time the eighth generation of man came along, J...
Continue ReadingPsalm 146:8 “The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous….” You get up early. The illumination isn’t very good, you put on your socks anyway, only to find out, in the light o...
Continue ReadingGenesis 6:3 “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.” Before the Flood people were living hundreds of years. As man grew more evil, God declared that ...
Continue ReadingMatthew 13:4 “And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up….” Episodic memory, the ability to remember something that happened in the past is called mental time travel. It has long been thought that...
Continue Reading1 Peter 5:6‑7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” We all instinctively know that worry and anxiety is not good for us. Previou...
Continue ReadingRomans 6:23 “ For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Human bridegrooms are not the only males who give gifts to their intended. The birds and the flies do it, too. We talked about ho...
Continue ReadingJob 22:12 “Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are!” When we look at the size of the universe, it sometimes becomes easier to see evolution as credible. After all, when we see galaxies that are...
Continue ReadingProverbs 12:24 “The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.” Wasp colonies in temperate zones usually wait until the end of summer to raise male young. That’s because male wasps are typically useles...
Continue ReadingJames 4:7 “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” The hunted are smart to stay upwind of the hunter. Many predators hunt using scent, at least in part. The same principle works in water. Many predators smell chem...
Continue ReadingJob 9:10 “Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.” How small can a living thing be and still be considered alive. Viruses are not considered living things because they cannot reproduce on their own. But now ...
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