Plants – Creation Moments

Green Toothpaste?

Genesis 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,...

Crunchy Medicine

1 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...

Plants that See

Acts 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...

Plastic Farms

Genesis 1:28 “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the ear...

The Dynamic Rainforest

Psalm 50:10-11 “For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.” The environmental movement has rightfully shown concern about the Sou...

The Giant Helper

2 Corinthians 9:10-11 “Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness; Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through u...

Keeping Plants in the Dark

Psalm 150:2 “Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.” All green plants need light to make the food. Different plants need differing amounts of light. However, scientists have discovered a plant that is a champi...

Design, Not Luck

1 Timothy 4:7 “But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself [rather] unto godliness.” The clover family of plants is a large family with members all over the world. Members of this family have many forms, from the white and purple ...

Pawpaw Surprise

Job 5:11 “To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.” The mechanism God designed to protect the fruit of the pawpaw tree from being eaten before its seeds are ripe may provide powerful, new anti-cancer drugs ...

Plants Focus Light

Psalm 1:1-3 “Blessed [is] the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night...