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The secular story of man's origins is a simple equation: slime + time = the world as we know it. Sometime in the primordial depths of history, an amoeba-like being crawled out of the sludge and into posterity. Sludgy-boy was the father of all that is, and through limitless permutations and evolutions his little one-celled self became the majestic Living World with its kingdoms, genera, and species.

God's Word tells a different story. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. God made man, the planets, Earth, rivers, the ozone layer, electricity, bullfrogs, and volcanic activity. It's a strange inversion from the story atheists and naturalists like to tell—where they posit the simplest form gave birth to increasing complexity, Christians believe the most complex Being in the universe created a plethora of simpler living things out of absolutely nothing.

But arguing "Creationism" vs. Evolution is not the soul or substance of science. If atheists want to waste their breath, effort, and money trying to "prove" a phony theory, let them. Not that we shouldn't counter their claims, but we have to keep in mind that the battle is spiritual, not scientific and not even merely ideological.

To contrast, real science—observation, hypothesis, theory, and correction—glorifies God by attributing to Him the honor and praise for everything learned about the world, its inhabitants, and its mechanics. For Christians, it should be a joyful and positive pursuit, not simply a retort against secular rebellion. Man is commanded by God to subdue the Earth, to care for it, develop it, and use it, and our duty is to see that done in ways that honor Him.

It's essential that we not think of phenomena in isolated terms. The laws of physics aren't true by themselves, they're true because God decreed them and sustains them. The planets and stars don' crash into each other because mathematical equations keep them on trajectory; God keeps them on their appointed paths, and the equations only describe their movement.

Technology is often equated with science, but technological development is only one aspect of science. It's more broad than we tend to think, too—it's not just electronics and iProducts, it includes the wheel, shovels, stickframe construction, and gas stoves. Our responsibility is to make and use technology in ways that don't negatively affect the rest of God's creation, that help others, and that glorify the Creator of all things.

The world is a fascinating and wonderful place. Christians have more basis than anyone for saying this, since it isn't simply a randomized collection of cells and life forms but the creative work of God. Our study of science and nature should reflect this knowledge, and guide us in our research and development. Our prayer is that increased scientific knowledge will translate to increased thanksgiving and praise of the Maker of all things.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he is a husband and father, teaches adult Sunday school in his Presbyterian congregation, and likes weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

 

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1001 Animals to Spot
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$7.95
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
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$20.50
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Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies
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by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Lisa Flather
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from Dover Publications
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
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2015 Printing from Master Books
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from Broadway Books
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by Gail Gibbons
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Exploring Insects with Uncle Paul
Copper Lodge Library
by Jean Henri Fabre, edited by Stephanie B. Meter
from Classical Conversations
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$14.95
Fabre's Book of Insects
by Jean Henri Fabre
from Dover Publications
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
$11.95
Field Full of Horses
by Peter Hansard
from Candlewick Press
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in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
First Encyclopedia of Animals
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From Caterpillar to Butterfly
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$6.99
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for Adult
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
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Scientists in the Field Series
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by Buddy Davis, John Whitmore, Mike Liston
from Master Books
for 9th-Adult
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Great Dinosaur Hunters and Their Discoveries
by Edwin H. Colbert
from Dover Publications
for 9th-Adult
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for 2nd-3rd grade
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$6.99
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for 2nd-4th grade
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$13.99
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from Dover Publications
for 4th-7th grade
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$3.00
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from Capstone Press
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$2.50 (2 in stock)
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
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for 6th grade
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I Am a Shark
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
I Love Guinea Pigs
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$7.99
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by Nathaniel Philbrick
from Penguin Putnam
for 10th grade-adult
in 20th & 21st Century Literature (Location: LIT7-20)
$17.00
Insects of the Pacific Northwest
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from Timber Press, Inc.
for 7th-Adult
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Janice VanCleave's Play and Find Out About Bugs
by Janice VanCleave
from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
for 3rd-7th grade
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$6.50 (1 in stock)
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by Madeleine L'Engle
from Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
Kingfisher First Encyclopedia of Animals
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1st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers
for 1st-4th grade
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by Charles Micucci
from Houghton Mifflin
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$8.99
Life Cycles of Butterflies
by Judy Burris, Wayne Richards
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$16.95
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
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$8.99
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1st edition from Memoria Press
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$18.85 $12.00 (1 in stock)
Marine Biology Coloring Book
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$24.99 $13.00 (1 in stock)
Milk from Cow to Carton
by Aliki
Revised from HarperCollins
for 2nd-3rd grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Minn of the Mississippi
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from Houghton Mifflin
Realistic fiction for 3rd-8th grade
1952 Newbery Honor Book
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$12.99
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from HarperTrophy
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
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by Herman Melville
from Penguin Putnam
Realistic Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$16.00
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Wordsworth Classics
by Herman Melville
from Wordsworth Classics
Realistic Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult
in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
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