Psalm 148:7, 10“Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps … Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl…” Could a plant devise a special growth for itself so that it becomes inviting to its only pollina...
Continue ReadingGenesis 8:22“While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Those who fear global warming blame any climate changes upon man’s activity, including the raisin...
Continue ReadingLuke 8:14 “And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.” In 1805, when Lewis and Clark crossed the Contin...
Continue ReadingJob 42:3 “Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.” The number of different kinds of insects in the world seems almost endless. There are ...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 51:6 “Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be...
Continue ReadingMatthew 6:30 “Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?” Only recently have botanists begun to appreciate the jack-in-...
Continue ReadingJeremiah 46:11 “Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.” The ancient Greeks called it the “queen of all herbs.” The earliest mention of this common sh...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:31 “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.” As a child, Isao Kubo’s grandmother always told him to drink green tea after he ate something sweet. Later,...
Continue Reading1 Corinthians 15:49 “And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” Celery is an old Asian folk remedy for mild cases of high blood pressure. In one unscientific test, the father of a University of Chicago...
Continue ReadingActs 14:17 “Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.” We are all familiar with the fact that plants can sense light. They depe...
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