Biology-God’s Living Creation
(by Parker, Graham, Shimmin and Thompson - A Beka Book -2000 Pensacola Christian College)
The following are excerpts from Biology -
God’s living Creation, which is used in many biology classes in
“Since the day that Darwinism invaded the classroom, God’s glory has been hidden from students. Now there is an opportunity in the Christian Classroom to declare that glory with Biology: Gods’s Living Creation.” Page iii
“People as well as animals are discouraged from using plants with thorns. In Genesis 3:18 is recorded the origin of thorns as a result of man’s sin and God’s curse upon the earth.” Page 79
“Thus, the molecules of life are continuously recycled by saprophytic fungi and bacteria to make life possible on earth. Only in the new heavens and the new earth (Rev.21 and 22) will there be no more death and decay.” Page 106
“Hence, the study of the human body reveals, more than all the other wonders of creation put together, the infinite wisdom, power, and goodness of the omnipotent Creator, who designed this master piece of His hand to be His viceregent here upon earth.” Page 120
“God created for man a perfect body. Until Adam and Eve sinned, their bodies were without flaw. Ever since their sin, however, the human body has been subjected to disease, decay, and death. God promises to give the Christian a new body someday which will be free from the imperfections brought about by sin” Page 128 and 129
“Since the curse of sin changed man’s relationship to nature (Gen.3:17-19), man has been carefully choosing and breeding plants to make them more fit for human consumption. Because of the curse, wild varieties of many food plants are highly toxic to man.” Page 233
“And the Lord God formed man out of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Gen 2:7; see also Job 12:10 and Isa 42:5). What is man without breath? He is dust. That breath, which started with God’s own breath, continues every minute of your life on earth.” Page 269
“The Bible makes reference many times to the significance of hair and how God expects us to respect it. There are between 100,000 and 150,000 hairs on the average human scalp and God keeps track of every one.” Page 284
“Statistics
show that most new cases of HIV infection in the
“Scripture verses indicate that the fear of the lord is essential to good health. Proverbs 4:20-22 tells us that taking heed to God’s instructions results in ‘health to all their flesh.’ By simply observing the lives of those who do not obey the commandments we can see the truth of these verses.” Page 333
“The reformation in
Today if man rejects God and His Word, man’s science risks deteriorating into pagan superstition as it did for Pliny and many other ancients. Only by holding to the truth of Scripture and a Biblical worldview can man hope to know of God’s creation.” Page 343
“The scriptures teach that the earth was originally created in a perfect state, but man’s subsequent fall into sin plunged the world into a state of imperfection and death. The curse of sin also effected the plant and animal kingdoms; instead of being in perfect harmony with each other, animals and plants had to struggle to survive.” Page 360
“Man ‘always misses the mark’ when he shuts God out of this thinking, and man has a distorted picture of all nature when he refuses to accept God’s explanation for the beginning.” Page 392
“Why did God make all of this variety possible? The answer is the same as why creation exists at all - to GLORIFY GOD.” Page 475
“Although the Bible does not use the term ‘dinosaur’ (the term was first used in 1842), many Bible scholars believe the two creatures God describes in Job 40 and 41 may have been dinosaurs living during the time of Job.” Page
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“Many creationists think that Leviathan, which God describes in Job 41 as a fire-breathing, aquatic animal with scaly skin, thick armor, powerful jaws, and terrible teeth, may have been a type of pliosaur or plesiosaur.” Page 495
“When God cursed the earth after the fall (Gen. 3:17-19; Rom. 8:20-21), the relationship between man and some of the insects changed. Sin, disease, suffering, and death entered the world; as a result, some insects became transmitters of disease and the cause of suffering.” Page 538
THESE ARE CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS FROM THE END OF CHAPTERS.
7. Explain how grass reveals God’s care and provision for people and animals. Read Romans 1:20. What does grass (a thing that is made) reveal about God’s eternal power? Why does its widespread presence make all men responsible to God and without excuse? Page 23
4. Describe the divine and provision evident within the process of pollination. Page 57
5. In a paragraph, explain how Linnaeus’s belief in a special creation was the foundation of his system of classification. Page 90
8. Explain how the structure and composition of bone reveals its design by an intelligent Creator. Page 143
8. Describe how the process of aging relates to the fall of man and man’s present sinful condition. Page 310
6. Read Genesis 3:19 and Isaiah 51:6. How do these verses confirm the second law of thermodynamics? Page 600
Jim Strayer, Biojims@aol.com