Before the Great Flood of Noah, what did our forefathers see when confronted with a dinosaur? What did dinosaur skin look like? What were their babies like? Biblical history places the creation of the great land living dinosaurs on the same day as man was created. That means that there is little doubt that at least some of the people we read about in the Bible saw dinosaurs. Many modern creationists think that Job's description of Leviathan actually describes some sort of dinosaur. Can you draw out Leviathan with a hook, or snare his tongue with a line which you lower? His undersides are ...
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The butterfly is, to most Christians, God's symbol in nature of the transforming power of The Holy Spirit. - The Greek meta means 'after, beyond, change or transformation'. - The Greek morph means 'form or structure'. - And the Greek osis means 'condition'. That's exactly what happens to the butterfly and to the spirit of those who are spiritually 'born again' through Jesus Christ: a transformation in form as a new condition. Let's look at butterflies first: Butterflies are split up into three groups: - the "true" butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), - the "skippers" (superfamily Hesperioidea) - the "moth" butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea). - The largest ...
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From Christian News 24/7 OREGON -- Everywhere you turn these days, it seems someone is telling you about the benefits of going green. Some groups have even targeted children with their green message. While taking care of the environment is a good idea on the surface, a deeper look at the Green movement reveals it may not be all it's cracked up to be. Oregon's 'Decimation' With its breathtaking waterfalls and rich evergreen forests, the state of Oregon is a testament to the beauty of God's creation. A battle is brewing over this beauty -- should it be hands off? Or should it be ...
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Anyone reading this blog knows that I am a horticulturist who truly loves and needs plants! But comparing the life of a plant to the life of a human? That's sacrilege! In the recent movie The Happening , plants, threatened by the growing human population, release a toxin into the air that causes people to kill themselves. A nursery owner tells the hero that plants can not only “target specific threats,” they can also communicate with each other and coordinate their “defense.” While The Happening was panned by audiences and critics, one country appears to have taken the threat from plants seriously enough to ...
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There was a time when we were fascinated and dazzled by even the simplest of things. For me, it was clouds - Those wonderful Mammatus Clouds! They filled me with awe and wonder as I lay on the grass imagining all sorts of wonderful scenarios behind those colorful, mysterious bodies of moisture! Somehow, I always knew, even as a young child, that God was behind those brightly colored clouds! I wrote poems about them, imagining I was rolling around all day on a fluffy bed of clouds — just me and my dog, Freckles. Later, my imagination took me to more sophisticated fantasies, but ...
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