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Reformation Day, October 31 - Oct 31, 2024
/article/reformation-day-2024James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Five hundred years ago in Wittenberg, Germany, an unusual scholar changed the course of human history using pen and hammer. Dr. Martin Luther protested unbiblical church teachings and practices—especially selling indulgences—sparking...
Christ’s Creativity in Canyon Critters - Apr 30, 2024
/article/christs-creativity-canyon-crittersJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Grand Canyon animals display many marvelous traits and behaviors as they live life in that harsh habitat. These canyon creatures succeed thanks to the Lord Jesus Christ’s providential provisioning and not due to impersonal...
Motmot's Beauty Displays God’s Gracious Design - Feb 29, 2024
/article/motmots-beauty-displays-gods-graciousJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Beauty is God’s good gift. Whatever is truly good and beautiful comes from God (James 1:17), whose own beauty is beyond words. King David longed to know God’s magnificent beauty, saying: One thing have I desired of the Lord, that...
How Did Stingrays Get Fossilized in Wyoming? - Dec 29, 2023
/article/how-did-stingrays-get-fossilized-wyomingJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Beavers shouldn’t talk to humans. That obvious fact was highlighted in the movie adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ classic fantasy The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.1 Fairly early in the film, the four Pevensie siblings meet a beaver...
Why Do Female Sea Turtles Cry Salty Tears? - Oct 31, 2023
/article/why-do-female-sea-turtles-cry-saltyJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Life on a cruise ship can be wonderfully relaxing, but perpetually living at sea has dangerous challenges—just ask a female sea turtle.1 Her life-at-sea salinity (salt concentration) challenges are literally something to cry about. Finding...
Post-Flood Repopulation: From 8 to 8,000,000,000! - Aug 31, 2023
/article/post-flood-repopulation-from-8-8000000000James J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Sometimes scoffers disparage the Genesis history of the global Flood by saying there hasn’t been enough time from the end of the Flood until now for Earth to repopulate to its present population of about eight billion.1 In fact, after the...
The Alarming Truth About Headbanging Termites - Apr 28, 2023
/article/headbanging-termitesJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - The truth about headbanging termites is both alarming and astonishing. Like other creatures of the world, big and small, headbanging termites (e.g., Macrotermes natalensis) are cleverly constructed to communicate important messages.1,2 Who...
Why Breeding Woodpeckers Snack on Bones - Feb 28, 2023
/article/why-breeding-woodpeckersJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - When you eat eggs—boiled, poached, as omelets, or otherwise—do you discard the eggshells? Likewise, if you eat trout or turkey, do you recycle your fish or fowl bones? Some birds and mammals eat broken eggshells or snail shells to...
Eating Like a Bird - Dec 29, 2022
/article/eating-like-a-birdJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - “Oh, she eats like a bird!” These words described the skimpy half-meal gulped down by a toddler just before she scampered off to play. The assumption behind those dismissive words implies that what birds eat is so simple and minimal...
When Bats Dine Out at Night - Oct 31, 2022
/article/when-bats-dine-outJames J. S. Johnson, J.D., Th.D. - Bats are mysterious, marvelous mammals of prey, even in a fallen world where omnivorous predation is common.1 Because bats are mostly nocturnal, only beginning their aerial hunting at sunset, their nighttime foraging habits often go unseen by...