Psalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” “Researchers found a small dust concentration in the disk around TW Hydrae, the nearest young star,” announced a popular science website recently. ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 19:1 “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.” When I learned about planets as a boy, Saturn was unique because it had rings. Then, in 1977, we were astonished to discover that Uranus also had rings. Nowada...
Continue ReadingProverbs 9:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” As I was writing this script, I was listening to Herschel’s Symphony number 8 in C minor. Yes, he wrote symphonies and was an accomp...
Continue ReadingRomans 13:4a “For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God….” Like human society, many social insects have laws, lawbreakers and...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:21a “And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind….” According to evolution theory, there were no four-limbed creatures living on land until 360 millio...
Continue ReadingPsalm 136:4 “To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever.” There are about 300 species of a delicate creature known as Fairy shrimp. Unlike the shrimp that might end up on your plate for dinner, Fairy shrimp are typically ver...
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.” Charles Darwin’s natural selection as the driving force for...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 43:20 “The beast of the field shall honor 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.” It’s a dark, moonless night. A barn owl perches, silently as a ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 8:22 “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” Some people worry about global warming, but if you think about it, we once had an Ice Age and now we don’t ...
Continue Reading2 Timothy 2:8 “Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel….” You look up a telephone number and dial it. You didn’t write it down, you simply remembered it. But an hour later, you will proba...
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