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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 Bugs to Spot
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by Karen Wallace
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$4.99
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from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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$19.99
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by Stan & Jan Berenstain
from Dover Publications
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$15.99
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Big Book
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
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1947 Newbery Honor Book
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Biography of a Rhino
by Alice L. Hopf; illustrated by Kiyo Komoda
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
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$44.00 (1 in stock)
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by John Farndon and Paul Boston
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
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from William Morrow & Company
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Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1
by Anne Rockwell, illustrated by Steve Jenkins
from HarperCollins
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Bugs Big & Small God Made Them All
by William Zinke
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for Kindergarten-4th grade
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$13.59
Bugs, Beetles, and Butterflies
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by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Lisa Flather
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
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from Charles Scribner's Sons
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Butterfly Is Patient
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from Chronicle Books
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$16.99
Butterfly Is Patient
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from Chronicle Books
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$7.99
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Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
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$2.70 (1 in stock)
Christian Liberty Nature Reader Book K
by Florence Lindstrom
2nd edition from Christian Liberty Press
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$8.90
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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$23.99
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Science Curriculum for Kindergarten-6th grade
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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from Little, Brown & Company
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
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by Jim Arnosky
from Simon and Schuster
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Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats
by Jim Arnosky
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
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by Jim Arnosky
from Aladdin Paperbacks
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by Peter Brown
from Little, Brown & Company
for Nursery-2nd grade
E.B. White Read Aloud Award
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$18.99
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An I Can Read Book
by Syd Hoff
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
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Day at the Seashore
by Kathryn Jackson, Byron Jackson
from Golden Books
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
Desert Is Theirs
by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall
from Aladdin Paperbacks
for Preschool-2nd grade
1976 Caldecott Honor Book
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Detective Dinosaur
by James Skofield
from Barnes & Noble
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
Diary of a Wombat
by Jackie French
1st edition from HMH Books for Young Readers
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$9.99
Digging Up Dinosaurs
by Aliki
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd Grade
in Dinosaurs & Fossils (Location: SCI-DINO)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Dinosaur Activity Book
by Earl & Bonita Snellenberger
2015 Printing from Master Books
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Dinosaurs for Little Kids
by Ken Ham, Illustrated by Bill Looney
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for Preschool-1st grade
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$11.19
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2002 Caldecott Honor Book, NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
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$19.99
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
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$2.50 (1 in stock)
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by Barry Clarke, photography by Jerry Young
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
DK First Animal Encyclopedia
Revised from DK Children
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$17.99
DK Ultimate Sticker Book: Animal
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
Du Iz Tak?
by Carson Ellis
from Candlewick Press
2017 Caldecott Honor Medal
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Earthworm
by Andrienne Soutter-Perrot, illustrated by Etienne Delessert
from Creative Education
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Egg Is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston
Library Binding from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$16.99
Egg Is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston
from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$7.99
Eggs of Things
by Maxine W. Kumin and Anne Sexton, illustrated by Leonard Shortall
from G.P. Putnam's Sons
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in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Elf Owl
by Mary & Conrad Buff
3rd Printing from Viking Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Emperor Penguins
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from Grosset & Dunlap
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
$2.50 (1 in stock)
EyeLike Letters
from Play Bac
for Preschool-2nd grade
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Fall Walk
by Virginia Brimhall Snow
from Gibbs M. Smith
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$16.99
Feeding Time at the Zoo
Step Into Reading: Step 2
by Sherry Shahan
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Step into Reading (Location: EAR-STEP)
$2.50 (1 in stock)
Field Full of Horses
by Peter Hansard
from Candlewick Press
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
First Book of Bees
by Albert B. Tibbets, illustrated by Helene Carter
from Living Book Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
First Book of Bugs
First Book Series
by Margaret Williamson
from Living Book Press
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Living Science (Location: SCI-CMLS)
First Encyclopedia of Animals
Usborne Internet-Linked
by Paul Dowswell
from Usborne
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Zoology (Location: SCI-ZOOL)
$6.30 (2 in stock)
First Look at Dinosaurs
from Walker and Company
in CLEARANCE & FREE BOOKS (Location: ZCLE)
Flower Grows
by Ken Robbins
from Dial Press
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Flowers
Scholastic First Discovery Books
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Scholastic First Discovery Books (Location: SCIREF-1ST)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 2
by Arthur Dorros
from HarperCollins
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Water Cycle (Location: SCI-EARTH)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Forest
Our Changing World
by David Bellamy, illustrated by Jill Dow
from Clarkson Potter Publishers
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Forests & Mountains (Location: SCI-FOREST)
Frog Alphabet Book
by Jerry Pallotta
from Charlesbridge
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Stage 1
by Deborah Heiligman
from HarperCollins
Non-fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science Stage 1
by Deborah Heiligman
from HarperCollins
Non-fiction for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG)
$6.99
From Seed to Plant
by Gail Gibbons
from Holiday House
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$4.50 (1 in stock)
From Seed to Pumpkin
Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1
by Wendy Pfeffer, Illustrated by James Graham Hale
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-1st grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
From Tadpole to Frog
by Wendy Pfeffer
from HarperTrophy
for Preschool-1st grade
in Reptiles & Amphibians (Location: SCI-REPT)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Garden Friends
DK Readers Pre-Level 1
from DK Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in DK Readers (Location: EAR-DK)
Giraffe: A Living Tower
by Christine and Michel Denis-Huot
from Reader's Digest Young Families
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Grasshopper on the Road
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Arnold Lobel
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
$5.99
Grasshopper on the Road
An I Can Read Book Level 2
by Arnold Lobel
from Harper & Row
for Preschool-3rd grade
in I Can Read Books (Location: EAR-ICR)
Great Kapok Tree
by Lynne Cherry
from Harcourt Children's Books
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Hailstones and Halibut Bones
by Mary O'Neill, illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
from Doubleday & Company
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Houses from the Sea
by Alice E. Goudey, illustrated by Adrienne Adams
from Atheneum
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
1960 Caldecott Honor Book
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
How a Seed Grows
Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Stage 1
by Helene J. Jordan
from HarperCollins
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Botany & Mycology (Location: SCI-BOT)
$3.00 (2 in stock)
How Do Bats See in the Dark?
by Melvin, Berger
from Scholastic Inc.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Mammals (Location: SCI-MAM)
$2.50 (2 in stock)
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