Glimpses of Redemption in God’s Creation Design

One result of the advent of sin into the world was a curse upon the creation, including humans (Genesis 3; Romans 5:12). By His grace and wisdom, God placed within created organisms designs for humans to discover which can reduce the effects of the curse. Such is the case with the Morpho butterfly, native to the rain forests of Central America.

Scientific studies of this butterfly’s eyes have inspired a new camera. When incorporated into special goggles worn by a surgeon, s/he is able to detect imbedded and dyed cancer cells (by infrared fluorescence) and tumors directly through the overlying skin. This minimizes the number of incisions needed and assures that cancer cells are not left behind in the body.  [Read more…]

Three dimensional (3D) printing, or additive manufacturing, is a process of making solid, three-dimensional objects from a digital file. Using metals, plastics, acrylic, sandstone, etc., an object is created by laying down successive micrometer layers of materials until the object is complete. 

Hailed by some as the advent of the third industrial revolution, 3D printers may eventually be standard household equipment to manufacture your own shoes, dresses, glasses frames, doorknobs, functional clocks—the list is seemingly endless.  [Read more…]

There is a current craze for people to discover more about their heritage by DNA testing. Typically, these tests reveal ancestry by detecting mutations in nuclear DNA. 

One American family had this test done for themselves. Not surprisingly to them, results confirmed that the parents were of European descent; their adoptive daughter and son from China were East Asian. [Read more…]

In Reference to Job 12:7-10

The hummingbird hawk-moth’s…

• …internal thorax temperature exceeds 113º F at peak activity (humans die at 109º F)
• …high energy demands require that they visit 100-500 flowers every day
• …wings beat 70-80 times per second (compared to 53 times for hummingbirds)

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What an Incredible Design!

God made seeds to replenish the earth, even after forest fires or other destructive forces. Pit cherry seeds (North America) can be viable after 50-150 years. A seed of the sacred lotus found in China (a flowing aquatic herb of tropical Asia) was viable after 1,300 years.  [Read more…]