John 11:49-50 “And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, ‘You know nothing at all, nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish....
Continue ReadingPsalm 103:1-5 “Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destructio...
Continue ReadingLuke 18:1 “Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart…” Normally they bother no one. The creatures, called protozoan ciliates, quietly go about their business in water‑filled tree holes, eating other ...
Continue ReadingPsalm 9:10 “And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; for You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.” Algae are among the world’s premier plants. Scientists never expected to find an alga that feeds like a Venus fly...
Continue ReadingI Chronicles 16:9 “Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him; talk of all His wondrous works!” Tropical beauty has inspired many Hawaiian love songs. However, none is more unusual than the love song of Hawaiian fruit flies. There are more than 100 speci...
Continue ReadingPhilippians 4:18 “Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God.” It’s commonly known that many anima...
Continue ReadingJob 10:10-11 “Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese; clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews?” January 22, 1973 marks the disastrous turn in American law that granted women the so‑call...
Continue ReadingIsaiah 55:3 “Incline your ear, and come to Me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.” All insects that hear, except one, have two ears. Some insects have ears on their...
Continue ReadingEcclesiastes 1:9 “That which has been is what will be, that which is done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.” It is unfortunate that we so often have the sense that nothing technologically important has happened in human his...
Continue Reading1 John 4:6 “We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.” The coelacanth is a rather strange looking fish that was supposed to have become extinct 70 mill...
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