Psalm 19
This is one of the psalms that you can imagine inspiring some of the great scientists of history - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
You can imagine these words inspiring the great astronomers of history, in fact you don't need to - they wrote about it themselves.
Great scientists like Copernicus and Kepler and Newton struggled to account for the movements they observed in the planets in an attempt to understand the knowledge that is being spoken in the heavens.
One of the current British TV science stars is Professor Brian Cox who is very keen to point out that the same laws that affect celestial bodies like the galaxy also apply here on planet earth.
The Law of God is perfect, refreshing, making wise the simple,
the Precepts of the LORD are right - more precious than gold, sweeter than honey.
the Psalm ends with
May the words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
It is chapters like this that convince me that any conflict between science and religion is fabricated and in reality there is no conflict.
This is one of the psalms that you can imagine inspiring some of the great scientists of history - The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.
You can imagine these words inspiring the great astronomers of history, in fact you don't need to - they wrote about it themselves.
Great scientists like Copernicus and Kepler and Newton struggled to account for the movements they observed in the planets in an attempt to understand the knowledge that is being spoken in the heavens.
One of the current British TV science stars is Professor Brian Cox who is very keen to point out that the same laws that affect celestial bodies like the galaxy also apply here on planet earth.
The Law of God is perfect, refreshing, making wise the simple,
the Precepts of the LORD are right - more precious than gold, sweeter than honey.
the Psalm ends with
May the words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
It is chapters like this that convince me that any conflict between science and religion is fabricated and in reality there is no conflict.
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