Plants – Creation Moments

Fields and Forests of Medicine

1 Peter 1:20-21 “He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.” Bles...

The Orchid that Captures Workers

Job 9:10 “He does great things past finding out, yes, wonders without number.” The relatively rare bucket orchid, Coryanthes, behaves almost like an animal at pollination time. This remarkable ability is essential to its survival. Coryanthes has a ste...

Wild Medicine

John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” Is it possible that your pharmacist could be a chimpanzee? That’s not such a silly question. Naturalists are discovering th...

The Snow Buttercup

Psalm 103:15-17 “As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon...

Mysterious Flowers that Track the Sun

Psalm 113:3 “From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.” In the previous Creation Moment, I talked about the snow buttercup, which lives in a cold environment and focuses some of the Sun’s heat...

Designed to Renew

2 Peter 3:10 “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” We ...

Tree Wars

1 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.” A gypsy moth caterpillar infestation can strip the leaves from large numbers of trees, ...

Multiple Blessings from Trees

Ephesians 2:10 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Genesis uses only a few words and simple language to describe the creation of trees. That hardly seems fa...

Smart Trees and Clever Bugs

Psalm 104:24 “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.” How smart is the smartest tree you ever met? Does it sound silly to speak of trees as being smart? Botanists are learning that some ...

Unimagined Actions and Reactions

Job 10:12 “Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.” The study of plants’ abilities to protect themselves from insect attackers is a fairly new and rapidly growing area of research. It seems that new and...