Psalm 44:8 “In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.” Nothing is more frustrating than glue that refuses to stick. And nothing is harder on an adhesive’s ability to stick than water. Water can prevent adhesives from...
Continue ReadingExodus 3:6 “Moreover he said, I [am] the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.” Some types of bacteria are able to go into a state of suspended animat...
Continue ReadingGenesis 4:21 “And his brother’s name [was] Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.” Which is more likely to last buried in the ground for a few thousand years: a wooden spoon or a stone hammer? Since the hammer...
Continue ReadingRomans 8:28 “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.” One unusual argument that the universe is the work of the Creator rather than aimless chance goes li...
Continue Reading2 Peter 3:4 “And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were] from the beginning of the creation.” Many people know that, despite its appearance, coral is actually a tiny ani...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:8 ‘For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.” In 1981 it was only a theory – one that seemed to go against all logic. The theory said that if you have a signal – say, a sound that was t...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:3 “Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.” Why is the sky dark at night? There’s more to the answer to this question than the fact that the stars do not appear as bright as the sun from Earth. If stars ...
Continue Reading1 Samuel 11:1 “Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.” Over the last couple of centuries, many Bible scholars have devel...
Continue ReadingJob 35:10-11 “But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?” The hellbender is a very unfortunate name for a rather interesting sp...
Continue ReadingPsalm 78:45 “He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.” Borneo is home to some strange creatures. We are familiar with the orangutan, widely considered to be the creature that gave rise to the myth...
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