Acts 17:11 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Are you sure you know what you believe? Do you know why ...
Continue ReadingColossians 4:6 “Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.” How much salt should there be in the ocean? We know how much salt rivers carry into the sea each year. And we know h...
Continue ReadingGenesis 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 ne...
Continue ReadingGenesis 4:21 “And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.” Which is more likely to last buried in the ground for a few thousand years: a wooden spoon or a stone hammer? Since the hammer...
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 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 w...
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 scien...
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