Friday, April 15, 2016
Grizzly Bears Catching Salmon - Nature's Great Events - BBC
Its the time of year when the salmon make their annual pilgrimage upstream to spawn, but leaping past the waiting hungry bears is no easy task.
Golden Eagle "Sky-Dancing"
World's Deadliest - Army Ants Eat Everything
World's Deadliest: Pack Hunters : SUN FEB 24 at 12P et:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com...
Restless and ravenous, army ant colonies are nature's Mongol hordes. They kill and eat anything in their way, digesting it even as they tear it apart!
Army Ants: Inside the Ranks
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/200...
10 Amazing Facts About Birds' Nests
Here are amazing 10 facts about birds' nests.
Not all birds go through the trouble of building a nest, but among those that do some really extraordinary efforts are put forth.
Here are 10 facts about birds' nests.
Number 10. Some of them are built on water. The Lily Trotter is one type of many that chooses a floating nest over trees or cliffs. Unfortunately, they're not very meticulous when it comes to construction and a lot of them end up sinking. Luckily their eggs are waterproof.
Number 9. Not all birds use earth, sticks, and twigs. Take the Elf Owl, for example. This desert dweller has scant resources so it takes shelter in the holes in cacti and canyon trees left by Woodpeckers and Flickers.
Number 8. Barn Swallows are particularly committed to the task. They make their abodes out of mud mixed with other materials, and building a single nest can take about 12 hundred trips between the material source and the construction site.
Number 7. Sociable Weaver Birds build communes.The giant nests these southern African birds make are meant to house numerous other avian species. That way, the Sociable Weavers get added protection and information about new food sources.
Number 6. Edible-nest Swiflets' creations are delicacies. The Southeast Asian birds build their nests on the sides of cliffs, using layers of their own saliva. Even though the structures have no flavor or nutritional value, they are a highly sought after edible and one of the most expensive food items in the world.
Number 5. Cigarettes are a key feature in some nests in Mexico. Both house sparrows and house finches living in urban areas there have taken to throwing a few cigarette butts in their homes. It's believed they do it because the nicotine in the filter fibers wards off parasites.
Number 4. The world's tiniest bird builds the world's smallest nest. The Bee Hummingbird is only about two inches long and makes a nest the size of a doll's teacup. It's so little, it's secured to branches with threads from spider webs.
Number 3. For the Great Crested Flycatcher, texture is everything. These birds prefer crinkly surfaces, so often use snakeskin in their nests. They've also been known to take advantage of onion peels, cellophane and flimsy plastic wrappers they find along their way.
Number 2. Gyrfalcons use their nests for millennia. Many birds build a fresh nest every time they lay eggs, but not these falcons. They return to the same one year after year and generation after generation. One such site in Greenland was radiocarbon dated and found to be around 25 hundred years old.
Number 1. Tailorbirds sew theirs. They grab some leaves and spider web or cocoon silk and put their needle-like beaks to work punching holes and pulling the threads through them.
What's the most interesting bird's nest you've ever seen?
Not all birds go through the trouble of building a nest, but among those that do some really extraordinary efforts are put forth.
Here are 10 facts about birds' nests.
Number 10. Some of them are built on water. The Lily Trotter is one type of many that chooses a floating nest over trees or cliffs. Unfortunately, they're not very meticulous when it comes to construction and a lot of them end up sinking. Luckily their eggs are waterproof.
Number 9. Not all birds use earth, sticks, and twigs. Take the Elf Owl, for example. This desert dweller has scant resources so it takes shelter in the holes in cacti and canyon trees left by Woodpeckers and Flickers.
Number 8. Barn Swallows are particularly committed to the task. They make their abodes out of mud mixed with other materials, and building a single nest can take about 12 hundred trips between the material source and the construction site.
Number 7. Sociable Weaver Birds build communes.The giant nests these southern African birds make are meant to house numerous other avian species. That way, the Sociable Weavers get added protection and information about new food sources.
Number 6. Edible-nest Swiflets' creations are delicacies. The Southeast Asian birds build their nests on the sides of cliffs, using layers of their own saliva. Even though the structures have no flavor or nutritional value, they are a highly sought after edible and one of the most expensive food items in the world.
Number 5. Cigarettes are a key feature in some nests in Mexico. Both house sparrows and house finches living in urban areas there have taken to throwing a few cigarette butts in their homes. It's believed they do it because the nicotine in the filter fibers wards off parasites.
Number 4. The world's tiniest bird builds the world's smallest nest. The Bee Hummingbird is only about two inches long and makes a nest the size of a doll's teacup. It's so little, it's secured to branches with threads from spider webs.
Number 3. For the Great Crested Flycatcher, texture is everything. These birds prefer crinkly surfaces, so often use snakeskin in their nests. They've also been known to take advantage of onion peels, cellophane and flimsy plastic wrappers they find along their way.
Number 2. Gyrfalcons use their nests for millennia. Many birds build a fresh nest every time they lay eggs, but not these falcons. They return to the same one year after year and generation after generation. One such site in Greenland was radiocarbon dated and found to be around 25 hundred years old.
Number 1. Tailorbirds sew theirs. They grab some leaves and spider web or cocoon silk and put their needle-like beaks to work punching holes and pulling the threads through them.
What's the most interesting bird's nest you've ever seen?
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Isaiah 6: Responding to the Right Call
God brings a disruptive vision into Isaiah's life to prepare and inspire him for a challenging call during a time of massive change for Israel. David H. Kim explains why we need to see what Isaiah saw to keep our vision focused upon God's work in the world and how our work uniquely displays his glory. This is the only antidote to our blinding pride and cowardly fears.
Friday, April 8, 2016
The Man the King Delights to Honor – Timothy Keller [Sermon]
Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: Haman, who plots to kill the Jews exiled in Persia, exemplifies pride and its downfalls. His pride manifests itself in self-absorption, an inability to learn from his mistakes, a progression into more serious forms of evil, and a blindness to his own pride. Pride is overcome by forgetting oneself and clothing oneself in the overwhelming praise of the Father through Christ.
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This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 29, 2007.
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This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on April 29, 2007.
Lord of the Wine – Timothy Keller [Sermon]
Tim Keller sermons via Gospel in Life: Why did Jesus use his powers for something as trivial as replenishing wine at a party? It is because he knows that history will ultimately end at another feast, the wedding supper of the Lamb. Jesus sits in sorrow at this wedding party as he thinks of the price he will have to pay in order to invite us to the ultimate wedding party. He offers us his wine so we may taste God and know joy.
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This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 17, 1996.
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This sermon was preached by Rev. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on November 17, 1996.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Friday, April 1, 2016
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 08 John 3:8 Loving the Brethren
Many assume wrongly that they are Christians; positive and negative signs that someone is 'born again'; difference between loving and liking; the importance of relationships in the spiritual family; how we know we 'love the brethren'.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/collections/b...
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 07 John 3:8 Righteousness
Christianity is life; not law; the real object of salvation; the desire for righteousness and communion with God; the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/to-be...
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 06 John 3:8 The Christian and the World
Scripture:John 3:8
A man who is born again understands the world; the mind and outlook of the world; translated into the world of God's dear Son; regeneration and the experience of Romans 7; regeneration the act of the Creator.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/the-c...
A man who is born again understands the world; the mind and outlook of the world; translated into the world of God's dear Son; regeneration and the experience of Romans 7; regeneration the act of the Creator.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/the-c...
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 04 John 3:1-8 Characteristics of the New LIfe
Scripture:John 3:1-8
The characteristics of those born of water and of Spirit; the function of the conscience; the contrast between regenerate and unregenerate man; the new birth separates; the position of the natural man; the marks of the Christian.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/chara...
The characteristics of those born of water and of Spirit; the function of the conscience; the contrast between regenerate and unregenerate man; the new birth separates; the position of the natural man; the marks of the Christian.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/chara...
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 03 John 3:8 The Conversion Experience
John 3:8
Signs in the life of the born-again believer; the awareness of being dealt with by God; the need to return to basic evangelical doctrine of regeneration; true repentance not to be confused with remorse.
Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Regeneration Sermon 02 John 3:1-8 You Must Be Born Again
Scripture:John 3:1-8
The danger of seeking sanctification before justification; the error of a 'religious' life; knowledge without the Spirit; the danger of the intellectual approach; the phenomenon of leakage; the pelagian error.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/you-m...
The danger of seeking sanctification before justification; the error of a 'religious' life; knowledge without the Spirit; the danger of the intellectual approach; the phenomenon of leakage; the pelagian error.
Nicodemus
http://www.mljtrust.org/sermons/you-m...
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