July 31, 2016 God’s Image “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” (Genesis 1:27) h/t: HENRY M MORRIS III, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH |
Sunday, July 31, 2016
Sunday Sermonette
Sunday, July 24, 2016
Sunday Sermonette
July 24, 2016
The Dazzling Spider
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.” (Proverbs 30:28)
There is incredible detail and beauty in a typical spider web. Scientists have found that web strands are comparable in strength to fused quartz fibers. Zoologists discovered that spiders have one to four pairs of spinnerets located in their abdomen (the normal number are three pairs). In addition, there are seven silk glands, each making a strand for a unique purpose.
One silk gland produces thread for cocoons and another for wrapping up the prey. The two seem to be the same, but they require especially designed silk. Other glands make the walking thread so the spider doesn’t get snagged herself, while another makes the sticky material that captures the juicy dinner. Some of the finer threads are almost invisible to us unless the light is reflected just right. Yet spider silk is strong! Typically it has a tensile strength five times that of steel and elasticity—strong enough to stop a lumbering bumblebee at full speed.
Each spider engineers a style of web characteristic of its species and builds it perfectly on the first try. These complex glands and intricate design patterns have every evidence of design. It is obvious that the spider does not have the intelligence in its brain to learn how to do this. It is equally obvious that the ability to do so is already designed into the genetic instructions that were placed in the original spiders by their Creator.
Our text begins by Solomon noting “four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise,” and he lists the spider as one of those that are “wise.” Perhaps we could learn “wisdom” from them. HMM III
h/t: HENRY M MORRIS III, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH
The Dazzling Spider
“The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings’ palaces.” (Proverbs 30:28)
h/t: HENRY M MORRIS III, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Sunday Sermonette
July 17, 2016 Partakers of the Promise “That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel.” (Ephesians 3:6) h/t: HENRY M MORRIS, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH |
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Sunday Sermonette
July 10, 2016 How Does God Hear? “Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.” (2 Chronicles 6:21) h/t: HENRY M MORRIS, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH |
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Sunday Sermonette
July 3, 2016 Lights in the World “The sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world.” (Philippians 2:15)
h/t: HENRY M MORRIS III, INSTITUTE FOR CREATION RESEARCH
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