Of birds these are they which you must not eat, and which are to be avoided by you: The eagle, and the griffon, and the osprey. (Leviticus 11:13 DRB) The unclean eat not: to wit, the eagle, and the grype, and the osprey, (Deuteronomy 14:12 DRB) While looking through the list of clean and unclean … Continue reading
Thankful For The Lord’s Birds
With all the preparations for Thanksgiving and having company here for the holiday, I am re-posting an article that I wrote for our church blog, The Fountain. We were asked to write about only one thing we are thankful for, so, myself and several other writers posted articles of Thanksgiving. Some of the other articles … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow-eyed Penguin
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Yellow-eyed Penguin ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 11/22/11 I had intended the Fiordland Crested Penguin at Milford Sound to be the next bird of the week, but since then I have photographed the unusual and rarer Yellow-eyed Penguin at the well-known colony on the Otago Peninsula near Dunedin … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – As the Bird…So Are We
While watching the birds at my feeders and reflecting on what I had just read in my devotions, I started thinking about how the truths of God’s Word applies to the birds and to me. There are differences of course, but there are many similarities. Those are the ones this article is about. To begin, we … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Bird Egg Facts
Eggs Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. (Job 39:13-15 KJV) The largest bird egg is from the Ostrich … Continue reading
Nuggets Plus – Cochineal Insect
Nuggets Plus – Cochineal Insect ~ by ajmithra Cochineal insect that lives on prickle pear cactus, is dried and powered to extract dye for fabric, food and cosmetics.. Jesus dried His blood for us, to dye the fabric of Salvation to give us the Living Bread, and to beautify us with the cosmetic of holiness.. … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black Stilt
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Black Stilt ~ by Ian Montgomery Newsletter – 11/15/11 You’ve done it again! Your collective goodwill and spiritual energy have provided yet another special, this time very special bird, the critically endangered and recently saved from extinction Black Stilt. I did have to do a little work as well … Continue reading
Interesting Things – Dragonfly (from Creation Moments)
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. (Psalm 34:11 ) Evolutionary naturalism paints the picture of life as if it were a haphazard series of accidents that just barely resulted in a range of living things that just manage to survive. This fanciful picture destroys our sense of … Continue reading
Ian’s Bird of the Week – NZ/Australasian Shoveler
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Australian Shoveler Newsletter – 11/11/11 This is really just a token bird of the week as an apology for being late, having been busy preparing, packing and travelling. I’m now on the South Island of New Zealand and surrounded by introduced birds such as Eurasian Chaffinches and Blackbirds. I … Continue reading
Birds of the World – Subspecies With Various “Colors”
Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. (Genesis 2:19 NASB) While working on the new updates for the … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Peregrine Falcon and Goshawk
And these you shall regard as an abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the buzzard, the kite, and the falcon after its kind; every raven after its kind, the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind; (Leviticus 11:13-16 … Continue reading
Birds of the Bible – Repeating Birds
Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. (Ecclesiastes 10:20 KJV) Talking birds! Is it possible? Solomon wrote about it in Ecclesiastes while telling people not to … Continue reading
