Genesis 1:16 “And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.” The news has again been filled with stories about the search for planets orbiting nearby stars. All these ...
Continue ReadingGenesis 2:15 “Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” The first book that urged us to take good care of the earth was the Bible. The Bible also reminds those who would be careless about their responsibili...
Continue ReadingGenesis 1:26 “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upo...
Continue ReadingGenesis 4:21 “And his brother’s name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.” The Bible tells us that the earliest generations of human beings were making music. By the time the eighth generation of man came along, J...
Continue ReadingPsalm 146:8 “The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous….” You get up early. The illumination isn’t very good, you put on your socks anyway, only to find out, in the light o...
Continue ReadingPsalm 18:28 “For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.” Many marine creatures reflect surrounding light. They can do so because of tiny light-reflecting platelets. Typically, these crystalline platelets are made of p...
Continue ReadingGenesis 6:3 “And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.” Before the Flood people were living hundreds of years. As man grew more evil, God declared that ...
Continue ReadingLuke 11:21 “When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace….” Our Lord recognized that in a sinful world we must be prepared to protect ourselves. The same is true in the animal and plant world. When it comes to trying to exp...
Continue ReadingMatthew 13:4 “And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up….” Episodic memory, the ability to remember something that happened in the past is called mental time travel. It has long been thought that...
Continue Reading
- How Does the Nose Work?Some things don’t have to be understood to be appreciated. You can enjoy the smell of dinner cooking or the scent of a rose without any idea of how your nose works. And believe it or not, you’re doing just as well as the most brilliant biologist. While your nose knows how it works, science […]
Free Church Bulletin Inserts
