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The creation is literally filled with millions of what those who believe in evolution call "happy coincidences." But when you encounter millions of instances of what appears to be thoughtful design, the obvious conclusion is that there is a Designer. For example, consider the design of bird eggs.The shape of the egg makes it strong. This strength comes in handy in a busy nest. Mom and dad are coming and going, and they turn the eggs periodically during incubation. But all eggs are not equally egg-shaped, and there is a pattern to their shapes. Birds like robins that build a nice, dish-shaped nest tend to lay eggs that are more round in shape. Screech owls lay their eggs at the bottom of a hole in a tree and also have round-shaped eggs. Birds like the killdeer barely build any kind of nest and lay eggs on the ground where round eggs could roll away. For this reason, birds such as a Killdeer lay much more sharply pointed eggs, which are designed to pivot on their small end. Likewise, eggs that are laid where predators are not likely to see them are usually pale or solid in color, but eggs laid out in the open are camouflaged. Moreover, baby birds that hatch in protected nests, like the bluebird, tend to be naked, blind and helpless. But the unprotected killdeer hatchlings are ready to leave the nest within minutes of hatching.All coincidences? It seems more scientific to say that here we have a few of the many fingerprints of our wise Creator!Job 39:14-15"Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.”Prayer: I praise You, Father, for how Your glory is reflected in the creation. Amen.Ref: Jim Williams, “Bird basics: egg size, color and shape,” Star Tribune.

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We have always been told that it takes millions of years for muddy deposits to turn into rock. Those who believe in creation have always disagreed. It seems pretty clear to us that much of the sedimentary rock we see today was deposited during the Great Flood at the time of Noah, which was not millions of years ago. Creationists generally place the Flood at about 4,600 years ago. Until recently, evolutionists dismissed this date as impossible: sedimentary rocks simply could not form that fast. Well, now it seems that they spoke too soon.While digging some trenches in a salt marsh, a team of sedimentologists found stony nodules in the mud. Further research on how the nodules formed revealed that a mud deposit can be transformed into a layer of sedimentary rock in as little as six months! They found that two bacteria are responsible for this. One species gets its energy from the sulphates in seawater. In the process, it produces hydrogen sulphide. The second species of bacteria can do the same thing. But if too much hydrogen sulphide is present, it can also change iron compounds so that they react with hydrogen sulphide and other salts. The result is stony lumps of iron sulphide and iron carbonate - sedimentary rock that is hardened quickly enough to fossilize any animal before it decays.Science has now confirmed what creationists who believe the Bible have always suspected. There are natural processes that can form sedimentary rock within the limited timeframe allowed by a literal reading of Scriptural history.Luke 19:40"And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”Prayer: Father, I thank You that your entire creation bears witness to You. Amen.Ref: Ref: Andy York, “Set in Stone,” New Scientist. Image: Layers of sedimentary rock in Makhtesh Ramon (50749) Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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Conifers aren't bothered by too many insect pests. That's because the oils that give them that nice pine scent are poisonous. They would be poisonous to the conifer sawfly larva if it digested them, too. But while it munches the pine needles, its body is busy storing the poisonous oils for future defense. The fact that the sawfly not only eats pine needles, but also uses the poisonous oils for defense poses a difficult problem for evolution which appears to have no solution.The sawfly larva's unique ability makes it a serious conifer pest both in North America and Europe. Part of the larva's secret is its digestive system. It separates the poisonous oils in the pine needles from the nutritious pulp. Then it regurgitates the poisonous oils and stores them in two special sacs in its mouth. These sacs are lined with a chitinous material that protects the rest of the mouth from the acidic, poisonous oils. When threatened by a spider or even a bird, the sawfly releases some of this bad-smelling oil in the direction of the threat. This strategy effectively convinces most aggressors to seek a meal somewhere else.The problem for evolution is that these complicated structures and special abilities could not have developed in a gradual, step-by -step fashion as evolution demands. If the sawfly once did not originally eat pine needles, then how did it acquire the special ability to eat them and develop this special defense system? So, even this humble fly bears witness to its Creator.Psalm 148:10-13"Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.”Prayer: Dear Lord, help me to be a better witness of Your love for me. Amen.Ref: Creation Research Society, “Neodiprion (Sawfly)” Mark Stewart. Image: Diprion similis final instar larva, Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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Research suggests that you might want to be careful about what you say around babies. As every parent knows, young children are sponges that easily absorb knowledge from their surroundings. Now, there is research that indicates that by seven months of age, infants have already absorbed the basic rules of language.In this study, seven -month- old infants listened to a sequence of syllables in which the third syllable was the same as the first. One that was used was "ga to ga." After listening to different versions of the same pattern, the infants were given a new sequence in which the last two syllables were the same, such as "wo fe fe." Researchers found that babies looked in the direction producing new sequences much longer, showing curiosity and surprise at them. Further study of the infants' responses showed that they were responding to new sounds and not just changes in the pattern of syllables. This study supports the idea that we are born with brain circuits that are pre-wired to learn and use grammar, say researchers.The question for those who believe that we are the product of chance evolution is: How did we get pre-wired for learning and using grammar if we are the result of chance forces? The answer is, of course, that when God created us, He not only gave us the gift of language, but He gave us brains that are eager to learn language from infancy. Then he gave us His Word of salvation in Jesus Christ so that He would not lose us.Acts 2:6"Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.”Prayer: I thank You for the gift of language, dear Father, and the ability to learn it so that I could learn of my Savior. Amen.Ref: B.B. “Follow the rules, baby,” Science News.

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There are more than 200 ant species in the attine family of ants. All of them farm for a living. And they are as sophisticated about their farming as any modern human farmer. They are found anywhere from the tropics to New Jersey. The specialization shown by these ants makes an evolutionary explanation for them impossible.One example is the famous leaf-cutting ants found in the tropics. Leaf cutters use the leaf pieces they collect to make mulch. Once the mulch is ready, they grow a fungus in it, which they eat. That fungus grew from a “seed” fungus that was stored in a special pouch in the mouth of the queen who began that colony and she brought it from the colony where she grew up. That she has this special pouch for seed material for her children is a witness to God's intelligent design.The ants' digestive system is specialized, too, so that its waste is a ready-to-use fertilizer for the crop. Moreover, the ants weed their crop. Certain ants inspect the fungus ball searching for invading molds. When one is found, the ant will remove it. To make sure that she does not return any contaminating bit of the mold to her crop, the ant then cleans herself before returning to the crop. This, again, is a powerful witness to divine design. The ants also generate herbicides and antibiotics which they use as needed on the crop, another witness to design. Finally, they also prune their crop in a way that has been shown to improve its productivity.All these special design features and behaviors seem to have been put into one creature as a witness against evolution.Proverbs 6:6-8"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”Prayer: I praise and glorify You, Father, for the evidence of Your great glory. Amen.Ref: Susan Milius, “Old MacDonald Was an Ant,” Science News. Image: Atta laevigata fungus garden, Alex Wild, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

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When you know who made something and why it was made, you know the purpose of the item. That's true of can openers, and it is true of human life. Anyone who doesn't know who designed us or why; is almost certain to be confused about his or her purpose in life.For generations, evolutionary scientists tried to explain our origin by comparing fossilized bones. But more recently they have turned to comparing the genetic material of current human groups. You probably remember a few years ago when these scientists announced they had discovered that all living people could be genetically traced to a woman in Africa many long evolutionary years ago. They called her "Eve." Today they admit that this picture is a little simplistic.Further studies have led to two contradictory theories. The first theory asserts that all humans today evolved from a single African population. The second position holds that modern humans are the result of the interbreeding of populations from Africa, Asia and Europe. Some also admit that the flaw in both positions is that the same genetic data can be interpreted to support either theory.The major flaw in all of these studies is that they assume man is a product of evolution. As long as evolutionary science refuses to consider God's account, which says He made us, it will be without a solid scientific basis to answer questions about why. And people who do not know why they were made are almost certain to live empty, purposeless lives.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.”Prayer: Dear Father, I thank You that You have made me and that You have given me forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Amen.Ref: Bruce Bower, “DNA's Evolutionary Dilemma,” Science News. 

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The deep, dark depths of the ocean are filled with many varieties of luminescent creatures. But among the octopus, only two or three species have the ability to luminesce. But that has all changed with a remarkable series of discoveries about an already known species of octopus.The red octopus, Stauroteuthis syrtensis, lives in the deep waters off the east coast of the United States. While examining a foot-long specimen of the red octopus in 1997, scientists got a surprise when they turned off the lights in the lab, the scientists were amazed to see the octopus's suckers glowing. The blue-green glow, they discovered, glows brightest at 470 nanometers, a wavelength that travels well under water. Scientists say that this glow might explain how the octopus makes its living. It doesn't eat what most octopods eat. Rather, it eats tiny crustaceans whose shallow water cousins are drawn to light. If the deep-water versions are drawn to light, all this clever little octopus needs to do to eat is turn on the porch light.The wavelength of the light and the unusual diet of this octopus all provide evidence of God's all-wise design. If these special features had depended on chance to develop, this octopus would not exist.God is the Creator and Source of all light. The perfect light of His truth in the Gospel shines at just the right wavelength to draw us to the forgiveness of sins and salvation found only in Jesus Christ.John 8:12"Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”Prayer: Father in heaven, we thank You for the light of the Gospel which brings us to the light of the life Christ has won for us. Amen.Ref: S. Milius, “Octopus Suckers glow in the deep, dark sea,” Science News. Image: Stauroteuthis, Vampyroteuthis, PD.

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Not all dangerous predators can be seen. One of the most dangerous predators in a drop of pond water is Amoeba proteus. This amoeba literally terrorizes its one-celled pond-mates, who can smell the amoeba coming to engulf them. Among the amoeba’s favorite snacks are creatures of the genus Euplotes. But Euplotes can defend themselves. When some members of this genus smell the amoeba coming, they dart away to safety. Others can grow pikes to defend themselves. Some can even grow hard shells to protect themselves.This scenario leaves a problem for evolution. What benefit to a predator is there in warning its prey? Evolution should have selected against the amoeba's ability to produce its unique scent, called the A-factor. Now a new discovery has revealed the amoeba's scent is really a clever design, pointing to a Designer. These amoebas reproduce by splitting, so they are surrounded by clones. The A-factor is just strong enough to allow the proteus to identify clone-mates so that they don't eat each other, but not so strong that it prevents proteus from getting enough to eat.God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to save us from another unseen predator, the devil. The evil in the world is the warning scent of the devil's presence. God has placed many evidences within the creation that He is the Creator so that as our relatively few days on this earth flee by, we will be drawn to His Son, and, believing in Him, receive forgiveness and salvation from sin, death and the devil.Job 9:25-26"Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.”Prayer: We thank You, dear Father, that in Your love, You sent Your Son to save me from sin, death and the devil. Amen.Ref: S. Milius, “Amoeba betrayed by anticannibal defense,” Science News. Image: Amoeba proteus, SmallRex, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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Just about every public school textbook includes the example of the peppered moth. The moth is used as a prime example of natural selection. Supposedly, as the trees in the English countryside began to be covered with coal pollution in the mid -1800s, the light-colored tree trunks became darker. The peppered moth exists in two varieties, black and white, and was said to rest on the tree trunks. As the trunks turned black the white variety was more easily seen and picked off by the birds, leaving the black variety to multiply. Students were told this was natural selection.But since the 1980s, numerous studies of moth populations and how they live have called into question the use of the peppered moth as an example of evolution. Several additional population studies in polluted and unpolluted forests show little correlation between whether there are lighter or darker moths. After pollution control laws went into effect in England, the population of dark moths decreased in the north, but increased in the south! In addition, the nocturnal moths do not rest on the tree trunks during the day but stay hidden under the branches higher in the tree. In the famous photograph shown in every biology textbook - of a pair of moths resting on a tree, the moths were actually glued to the tree trunks to provide the picture!Let's not give away the treasures of the truth of God's inerrant Word for the false treasure of earthly theories which deny our Creator.Luke 12:33"Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.”Prayer: Thank you, Father, that Your saving Word is trustworthy. Amen.Ref: Jonathan Wells, Ph.D., “Second Thoughts about Peppered Moths,” Image: Biston betularia (Peppered Moth), Janet Graham, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

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Has your great-great-grandfather been born yet? If he hasn't, he's not your great-great-grandfather! This might seem like a silly question. But when it comes to the claimed evolutionary fossil evidence for man's evolution, our claimed great-great-grandfather has turned up in the wrong period of history. A re -dating of Homo erectus fossil skulls discovered in 1931 and 1933 has placed these supposed "human evolutionary ancestors" squarely in human history. This dating is supported by the geological setting in which they were found. In fact, two excavation sites right next to each other together yielded both modern human and Homo erectus remains!The most likely age for the Homo erectus remains were 27,000 years before present. You must remember that these are years according to the evolutionary interpretation. But what it means is that Homo erectus and humans like us lived at the same time. This is troubling to evolutionary scientists, who have tried several tactics to avoid the problem. First, they argued that the human fossils were not in the same geological layer as the Homo erectus remains. But photographs contradict this claim. Then, they argued that the human remains must have washed into the area from higher ground. But the good condition of the human remains and related bones ruled out that possibility.In other words, Homo erectus offers no support for human evolution, another attempt to contradict God's Word about our special creation falls to failure!Genesis 5:2"Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.”Prayer: Dear Lord, we thank You that You have not only specially created us, but also that You died to save us. Amen.Ref: Marvin Lubenow, “Alleged Evolutionary Ancestors Coexisted with Modern Humans,” ICR, Impact No. 286.

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