Philippians 4:18 “Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.” It’s commonly known that many anima...
Continue ReadingJob 10:10-11 “Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese; clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews?” January 22, 1973 marks the disastrous turn in American law that granted women the so‑call...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:3 “Incline your ear, and come to Me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” All insects that hear, except one, have two ears. Some insects have ears on their...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 1:9 “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” It is unfortunate that we so often have the sense that nothing technologically important has happened in human his...
Continue Reading1 John 4:6 “We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” The coelacanth is a rather strange looking fish that was supposed to have become extinct 70 mill...
Continue ReadingPsalm 40:5 “Many, O Lord, are Your wonderful works which You have done; and Your thoughts toward us cannot be recounted to You in order; if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.” Though God created the entire living ki...
Continue Reading2 Peter 1:16 “For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.” A growing number of scientists, some of them with worldwide reputations, are c...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 40:8 “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.” Roses have fascinated people for thousands of years. While modern rose strains are the result of two centuries of breeding, the Greek naturalist Theophrastus wr...
Continue ReadingJohn 11:11-12 “After that He said to them, ‘Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.’ Then His disciples said, ‘Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.’” When you are ill, you need sleep. And when you are sick you are usually s...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 10:1 “Dead flies putrefy the perfumer’s ointment, and cause it to give off a foul odor; so does a little folly to one respected for wisdom and honor.” We don’t often think about our sense of smell. While our noses are on the job all t...
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- Does the Lion’s Tooth Bite Your Lawn?As spring comes to the temperate areas of the northern hemisphere, one of the first signs of spring is the blossom of the Lion’s Tooth. This bright yellow flower is also called the Irish daisy, priest’s crown, peasant’s cloak and yellow gowan. Its other name appears on the sides of bags of lawn care chemicals […]
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