Genesis 1:16b “…he made the stars also.” In 1772, Johann Elert Bode, an astronomer from Hamburg, thought long and hard about the large gap that there seemed to be between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. He proposed that there must be another pla...
Continue ReadingGenesis 7:11 “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened..” One of the biggest headlines...
Continue ReadingPsalm 104:16-17 “The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house.” There are many incredible designs around us that are unlikely to ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 5:8 “Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.” You’re driving down the road and all of a sudden traffic slows to a crawl. Finally, you get to the cause of the slowdown – a big p...
Continue ReadingJohn 11:49-50 “And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.” A ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 103:1-5 “ Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from d...
Continue ReadingLuke 18:1 “And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;…” Normally they bother no one. The creatures, called protozoan ciliates, quietly go about their business in water‑filled tree holes, eating o...
Continue ReadingPsalm 9:10 “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” Algae are among the world’s premier plants. Scientists never expected to find an alga that feeds like...
Continue Reading1 Chronicles 16:9 “Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.” Tropical beauty has inspired many Hawaiian love songs. However, none is more unusual than the love song of Hawaiian fruit flies. There are more than 100 specie...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:25 “And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” The unusual discovery of the most ancient termite nest ever foun...
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