Ecclesiastes 4:9“Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.” We all know that there is strength in numbers. Many animals have even discovered this and, for example, migrate in large herds. However, one would nev...
Continue ReadingEzekiel 47:12b“…and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.” When they have a headache or perhaps a toothache, many people take an aspirin. It turns out that many plants do almost the same thing when they ...
Continue Reading1 John 1:9“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Perhaps you have a self-cleaning oven in your kitchen, and if you have small children in your house, you’ve p...
Continue ReadingExodus 37:29“And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.” Plant seeds are distributed by a number of ingenious methods, including wind, water, mammals and birds. Plants tha...
Continue ReadingMatthew 6:28“And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin…” The peace and serenity of North America’s spruce forests is occasionally broken by little othe...
Continue ReadingGenesis 8:17“Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh … that they may breed abundantly in the earth…” A surprising number of living things mimic other living things. We have done a number of program...
Continue ReadingActs 1:26“And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.” With the early morning dew on the leaves, a vegetable garden may seem a very peaceful place. Actually, though, it’s ...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 40:8“The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” The venus flytrap senses a fly and, in less than a second, its trap springs shut. It will eat today. A new area of science is plant behavior. Pl...
Continue ReadingPsalm 40:5 “Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” On ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:11 “And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.” Creationists and proponents of Intelligent Design d...
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