Psalm 119:105 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Scientists have long known that ants lay down scent trails, using pheromones, to mark the trail to goodies for their nest mates. While this is an efficient method for f...
Continue Reading1 Chronicles 16:42a “And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God.” While many creatures create structured music – shall we say, songs? – it was thought ...
Continue ReadingJob 8:16 “He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.” We all learned about photosynthesis at school. For this particular chemical reaction to take place, you need the chemical chlorophyll together with the essenti...
Continue Reading1 John 4:8 “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” We have all seen it many times. A mother walking in a crowd with a small child loses track of her child and begins calling and searching for the little one. But can you imagine ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 150:2 “Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.” For generations it was a rule that reptiles were cold blooded. And turtles, being reptiles, were therefore called cold blooded as well. Being cold b...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 34:4 “And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.” Some Christ...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 12:5 “Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this [is] known in all the earth.” Most of us have heard of plants like the Venus flytrap and the pitcher plant, which eat meat, even if we’ve never seen one. But did yo...
Continue ReadingJob 41:1, 6, 30 “Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord [which] thou lettest down? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? Sharp stones [are] under him: he spreadeth sharp p...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 47:13 “Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.” Judging by the number of newspapers ...
Continue ReadingRomans 8:22 “For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.” It may come as good news to learn that the bacteria that make us sick can get sick too. Somehow it seems only right that they get a little of...
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