Luke 19:4 “And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.” I grew up in a house surrounded by a sycamore wood. Perhaps 50 percent of the trees were sycamores. I loved these fascinating trees. I was ta...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:12 “And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” As a boy, I liked to watch the coal being unloaded from the r...
Continue ReadingExodus 2:3 “And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.” Few people realize that the Bible a...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Two rocks float through silent space, unaware that they will soon cause a scientific debate millions of miles away on earth. On earth these two small ast...
Continue ReadingPsalm 148:3 “Praise Him, sun and moon; praise Him, all you stars of light!” Our moon is moving away from the earth at the rate of four centimeters per year. That might not seem like much. However, that rate of movement away from the earth pres...
Continue ReadingPsalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; a good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.” Back pain is one of humanity’s most common complaints. And the most common explanati...
Continue ReadingProverbs 11:2 “When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.” How many hornets does it take to power a digital watch? In the case of the Oriental hornet, six hornets can generate enough electricity to run the watch. Entomo...
Continue ReadingProverbs 26:12 “Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” Did you know that you have three eyes? In fact, someday your third eye may provide spare parts that might be necessary to repair the two eyes y...
Continue ReadingGenesis 43:11 “And their father Israel said to them, ‘If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio ...
Continue ReadingDeuteronomy 27:1-3a “Then Moses, with the elders of Israel, commanded the people, saying: ‘Keep all the commandments which I command you today. And it shall be, on the day when you cross over the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God is g...
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