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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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Ancient Ones
by Barbara Bash
from Sierra Club Books
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Animals Born Alive and Well
by Ruth Heller
from Scholastic Inc.
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Antarctica
by Helen Cowcher
from Scholastic Inc.
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Attack and Defense
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Bambi's Forest
by Joanne Ryder, illustrated by David Pacheco and Jesse Clay
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Beak Book
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Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature
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from Dover Publications
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$15.99
Big Book
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
Big Red Kangaroo
by Claire Saxby, illustrated by Graham Byrne
from Candlewick Press
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Biography of a Rhino
by Alice L. Hopf; illustrated by Kiyo Komoda
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$44.00 (1 in stock)
Biome Explorers: Destination Desert
by Laura Perdew, illustrated by Lex Cornell
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Birds
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Bones
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Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies
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by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Lisa Flather
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Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle
Smithsonian's Backyard Collection
by Deborah Dennard, illustrated by Kristin Kest
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Butterfly Is Patient
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Butterfly Is Patient
by Dianna Hutts Aston
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Cactus Hotel
by Brenda Z. Guiberson
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Child's Book of Sea Shells
Maxton Books for Young People
by William M. Hutchinson
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
Coral Reefs
by Jason Chin
from Square Fish Publishing
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
Daylight Starlight Wildlife
by Wendell Minor
from Nancy Paulsen Books
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Digging Up Dinosaurs
by Aliki
from HarperCollins
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Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
by Barbara Kerley
from Scholastic Inc.
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2002 Caldecott Honor Book, NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
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$16.99
Dirt Movers
by Bobbie Kalman and Petrina Gentile
from Crabtree Publishing
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DK Mighty Machines: Tractor
by Claire Llewellyn
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Drop Around the World
by Barbara Shaw McKinney, Illustrated by Michael S. Maydak
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Egg Is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
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$9.99
Elephants of Africa
by Gail Gibbons
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Fall Walk
by Virginia Brimhall Snow
from Gibbs M. Smith
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$7.64
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Stage 1
by Deborah Heiligman
from HarperCollins
Non-fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
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$6.99
Fungus is Among Us!
by Joy Keller, illustrated by Erica Salcedo
from The Innovation Press
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Giant Squid
by Candace Fleming, Illustrated by Eric Rohmann
from Roaring Brook Press
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$19.99
Giraffe: A Living Tower
by Christine and Michel Denis-Huot
from Reader's Digest Young Families
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Gravity
by Jason Chin
from Roaring Brook Press
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Gravity at Work and Play
by Sune Engelbrektson, illustrated by Eric Carle
from Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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Great Kapok Tree
by Lynne Cherry
1st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers
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Growing Frogs
by Vivian French, illustrated by Alison Bartlett
from Candlewick Press
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How a Seed Grows
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Hurry and the Monarch
by Antoine O Flatharta, illustrated by Meilo So
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I Love Guinea Pigs
by Dick King-Smith
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Jackrabbit and the Prairie Fire
Smithsonian Wild Heritage
by Susan Saunders, illustrated by Jo-Ellen Bosson
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Jumper: A Day in the Life of a Backyard Jumping Spider
by Jessica Lanan
from Roaring Brook Press
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Katya's Book of Mushrooms
from Living Book Press
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$12.99
Life and Times of the Honeybee
by Charles Micucci
from Houghton Mifflin
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$8.99
Life Cycle of a Bird
by Bobbie Kalman and Kathryn Smithyman
from Crabtree Publishing
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Little Whale
by Ann McGovern, illustrated by John Hamberger
from Four Winds Press
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Living Fossils
by Caroline Arnold, illustrated by Andrew Plant
from Charlesbridge
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in Dinosaurs & Fossils (Location: SCI-DINO)
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Lizards for Lunch
by Conrad J. Storad
from Bobolink Media Inc.
for Preschool-3rd grade
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Look to the North
by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Lucia Washburn
from HarperCollins
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Mesmerized
by Mara Rockliff, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
from Candlewick Press
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Miles and Miles of Reptiles
by Tish Rabe
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
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$3.60 (1 in stock)
My Very First Body Book
by Matthew Oldham and Tony Neal
from Usborne
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Nest Full of Eggs
by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
from HarperCollins
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Nest Is Noisy
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
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$18.99
Nest Is Noisy
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
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$7.99
Noah's Ark, Noah's Flood
by John D. Morris
from Master Books
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Now and Ben
by Gene Barretta
from Square Fish Publishing
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Oil Spill!
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by written by Melvin Berger; illustrated by Paul Mirocha
1st edition from HarperCollins
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
On Earth
by G. Brian Karas
from Puffin Books
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Over and Under the Canyon
by Kate Messner
from Chronicle Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Over and Under the Canyon
by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Neal
from Chronicle Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER)
$9.99
Over and Under the Rainforest
by Kate Messner
from Chronicle Books
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in Oversized Science Books (Location: SCI-OVER)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Prairie Dog Town
Smithsonian Wild Heritage Collection
by Bettye Rogers, illustrated by Deborah Howland
from Trudy Corporation
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Redwoods
by Jason Chin
from Square Fish Publishing
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$9.99
River Ran Wild
by Lynne Cherry
from Harcourt
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in River, Pond & Swamp (Location: SCI-ECO)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Sand to Stone and Back Again
by Nancy Bo Flood, photography by Tony Kuyper
from Fulcrum Publishing
for Preschool-2nd grade
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
Secrets of the Forest
by Alicia Klepeis, illustrated by Kristen Adam
from Neon Squid
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Shine-A-Light: Human Body
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown and Rachael Saunders
from Kane Miller
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Shine-A-Light: On the Space Station
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown and Illustrated by Bee Johnson
from Kane Miller
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Animal Camouflage
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown and Illustrated by Wesley Robins
from Kane Miller
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Our Earth
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown and Illustrated by Wesley Robins
from Kane Miller
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Shine-A-Light: Secrets of the Apple Tree
Shine-A-Light
by Carron Brown and Illustrated by Alyssa Nassner
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
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Shine-A-Light
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$7.00 (2 in stock)
Snakes
by Gail Gibbons
from Holiday House
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Sounds All Around
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Level 1
by Wendy Pfeffer, illustrated by Anna Chernyshova
2nd edition from Harper
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Light & Sound (Location: SCI-PHY)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
Swordfish Returns
Smithsonian Oceanic Collection
by Susan Korman, illustrated by Daniel J. Stegos
from Soundprints
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
The Egg
by Shelley Gill, illustrated by Jo-Ellen Bosson
from Charlesbridge
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in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Things That Float and Things That Don't
from Holiday House
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in Science Experiments & Activities (Location: SCI-EXP)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Tiger Trail
by Kay Winters, illustrated by Laura Regan
from Simon and Schuster
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in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Tree Is a Plant
Let's- Read - and -Find- Out Science
by Clyde Robert Bulla
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$3.50 (2 in stock)
True Account of Adam & Eve
by Ken Ham
from Master Books
for Kindergarten-6th grade
in Worldview & Apologetics for Kids (Location: BIBWV-APK)
$12.79
Under One Rock
by Anthony D. Fredericks
from Dawn Publications
for Preschool-5th grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Neal
from Chronicle Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Nature Study & Journaling (Location: NAT-GEN)
$9.99
Usborne Lift-the-Flap: Why Do We Need Bees?
Lift-the-Flap First Questions and Answers
by Katie Daynes, illustrated by Christine Pym
from Usborne
for Preschool-1st grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG)
$7.50 (1 in stock)
Water is Water
by Miranda Paul, Illustrated by Jason Chin
from Roaring Brook Press
for Preschool-4th grade
in Water Cycle (Location: SCI-EARTH)
$19.99
We Are Branches
by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Beth Krommes
from Clarion Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Nature Study & Journaling (Location: NAT-GEN)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Welcome to the River of Grass
by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Laura Regan
Stated First Impression from G.P. Putnam's Sons
for Preschool-2nd grade
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
What is a Wall, After All?
Read and Wonder
by Judy Allen, illustrated by Alan Baron
from Candlewick Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in How Things Work (Location: SCIREF-HOW)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
What Is the World Made Of?
Let's Read and Find Out Science Level 2
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld & Paul Meisel
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Chemistry (Location: SCI-CHEM)
$8.99
What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
by John Morris & Ken Ham
from Master Books
for Preschool-1st grade
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$7.50 (1 in stock)
What's It Like to be a Fish?
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1
by Wendy Pfeffer, Illustrated by Holly Keller
from HarperCollins
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Where Are the Night Animals?
by Mary Ann Fraser
1st edition from HarperCollins
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$3.00 (2 in stock)
Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains
by Mary Garelick, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
2nd printing from Scholastic Book Services
for Preschool-1st grade
in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
Why Do Birds Build Nests?
Miracle of Creation
by Susan Horner
from Moody Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Birds (Location: SCI-BIRD)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?
Wells of Knowledge Science Series
by Robert E. Wells
from Albert Whitman & Company
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Earth Science (Location: SCI-EARTH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Why Do Plants Grow?
Miracles of Creation
by Susan Horner, illustrated by Nancy Munger
from Moody Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Why Do Wolves Howl?
by Gilda Berger & Melvin Berger
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Dog Books (Location: SCI-MAMDOG)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn
by Melvin Berger
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Human Anatomy & Physiology (Location: SCI-ANA)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
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