Biology and the Bible

Most of us were budding biologists as children, exploring the world around us to satisfy our curiosity about the plants and animals and insects we observed. Often we would wonder about how birds could fly or how fish could hold their breath or how a tadpole could become a frog. And in school, we were able to peer through the lens of a microscope to see the tiniest of life swimming about underneath the surface of the ordinary.

Biology, of course, simply means "the study of life," and as adult...