Plants – Creation Moments

Medicine That’s a Spice of Life

Psalm 6:2 “Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.” If you had painful skin, one of the last things you would apply to it would be hot peppers. Not only do hot peppers burn the mouth, some can even...

The Talk Beneath Your Feet

Psalm 96:12-13a “Let the field be joyful, and all that [is] therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the LORD:” Some of the most fascinating discoveries in recent years have to do with our growing knowledge of plant communi...

Bamboozling Bugs

Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do [his commandments]: his praise endureth for ever.” For centuries, Asian cooks have wrapped meat, sushi and candy in bamboo bark. Though...

Living Stones and Flying Flowers

Colossians 2:4-5 “And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.” If, of...

Witchweed

Matthew 11:28 “Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” The strange and nasty plant called witchweed is found mainly in Africa and Asia, but some has been reported in North America as well. This parasi...

Inchworm Games

Isaiah 40:8 “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” We have looked at many plants and animals that use different forms of camouflage to keep from being noticed. Some don’t wish to be notice...

The Impossible Gene

Acts 20:32 “And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.” Biologists have recently discovered a gene that suggests tha...

A Thousand Words for a Bee

Deuteronomy 6:5 “And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.” They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. While that is often true, they also say that it takes a highly evolv...

Was Fruit Like This in Eden?

Genesis 1:29 “And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” It is difficult to imag...

Creative Procreation

Genesis 1:27 “So God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” While the Bible teaches us that sex is a wonderful gift of God, evolutionists believe that sexual reproduction should no...