Matthew 8:22“But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.” Twice in the Gospels, Jesus is asked by a disciple for a leave of absence to bury his father. In each case, Jesus tells the disciple to let the dead bury their...
Continue ReadingRomans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Like an ancient empire, there is a species of ant whose entire society is built on slavery. In fact, raids to cap...
Continue Reading1 Corinthians 7:10And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: Most water fowl are faithful to one mate over long periods of time. The swan, in particular, champions marital fidelity. In North America ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 96:12-13aLet the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the LORD: Researchers at Stanford University surprised scientific colleagues several years ago when they proved that plants were not &hell...
Continue ReadingMatthew 13:22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. We are all familiar with the fact that the very tips of most pla...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. Leatherback turtles make use of far more of t...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 40:28Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. Though they are only insects, stick insects seem to...
Continue ReadingGenesis 4:21And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Reed instruments like the oboe and clarinet trace their ancestry back to instruments made by the Egyptians more than 4,000 years ago. An Egypti...
Continue ReadingEphesians 5:19-20Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; We have previously repo...
Continue ReadingPsalm 40:5Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. He looks slow and ...
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