Psalm 104:24a “O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all…” The exotic Venus flytrap is an insect-catching plant and a wonder of God’s engineering. For example, these meat-eating plants usually live in mi...
Continue ReadingActs 17:25 “Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things…” As modern science has learned more about molecular biology, it has also learned that life...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 43:20 “The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.” Few deserts are more inhospitable than the Sonoran Des...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:4-5 “Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that [be] above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created.” Life depends on what chemists call one of the most complex substances ...
Continue ReadingExodus 17:14a “And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua…” One of the mysteries of ancient Egypt is that it appears to have begun as a high civilization. The very first p...
Continue ReadingPsalm 119:140-141 “Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.” In man’s way of thinking, a small animal – especially one that lives in the ocean – tends to...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1, 3 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard.” It was once thought that language was a relatively late development in the evol...
Continue ReadingProverbs 18:24 “A man [that hath] friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend [that] sticketh closer than a brother.” Almost every creature seeks companionship with others. This universal, basic need gives us additional insight i...
Continue ReadingJob 12:7a, 8, 9 “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee… But now ask the beasts, and they will teach you … or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, and the fish of the sea will explain to you. Who knoweth not in all these tha...
Continue ReadingJob 14:7, 9 “For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. [Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.” Is it silly to speak...
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