Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Are snakes creepy or cool? Whatever you feel about snakes, you can be in awe of the amazing snake designs we’re exploring today! Here’s our trail map: Why Do Snakes Not Have Feet? Why Do Snakes Shed Their Skin? What Is the Most Venomous Snake? What Can Snake Venom Teach Us About God’s Mercy? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Li...

Have you ever found a tadpole in the water or a toad crawling in the grass? How exactly does a tadpole grow into a toad? Here’s our trail map: What Is the Difference Between a Toad and Frog? How Are Tadpoles Born? How Do Tadpoles Grow Into Toads? How Can We Grow Into God’s Plans for Us? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living:...

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be on TV—surrounded not by lights and makeup, but by marmots and moose? Join us for a wild behind-the-scenes adventure with Peter Schriemer, host of Hike & Seek , as he shares what it’s really like to film wildlife in unpredictable settings. From raising orphaned squirrels to dodging moose, Peter takes us into the unpredictable, awe-inspiring world of w...

Birds might perch on a branch or hunker down in a nest to rest… but what about a bird that sleeps while flying? Here’s our trail map: How Does a Sleeping Bird Not Fall Out of a Tree? What Is the Great Frigatebird? How Does a Great Frigatebird Sleep While Flying? How Can We Filter What We Let Into Our Minds? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us...

Take a nature walk through Psalm 23! Enjoy green pastures and restful waters as you learn about sheep, bummer lambs, shepherds, and still waters. Here’s our trail map: Why Do Sheep Need Shepherds? What Is a Bummer Lamb? What Are the Still Waters in Psalm 23? How Can We Trust God and Follow His Lead? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sa...

Hummingbirds are a blur of motion as they zip from one flower to another. But do they ever stop to rest? Discover which creatures would lose or win against a race with a hummingbird, and the unique way God designed hummingbirds to do their important gardening work. Here’s our trail map: Why Do Different Birds Flap Their Wings Differently? What Creatures Would a Hummingbird Beat in a Race? How Do H...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel in space? You could ask an astronaut, or…lichen! Discover God’s amazing designs in this surprising space traveler! Here’s our trail map: What Is Lichen? How Is Lichen a Weather Reporter? How Did Lichen Survive Space Travel? How Did God Design Lichen to Live Well Through Rest? How Can We Rest During Hard Times? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book:...

Meet the master parkour animal of the mountains: the bighorn sheep! Discover how bighorns run up steep mountains, balance on cliffs only a couple of inches wide, and find their way to safe resting places. Here’s our trail map: What Is a Bighorn Sheep? Why Do Bighorn Sheep Ram Each Other? Why and How Do Bighorn Sheep Balance on Cliffs? How Did God Design Bighorns to Live Well Through Rest? How Can...

This is no fairy tale… this is a fairy shrimp! Discover an amazing creature that makes its home in seasonal vernal ponds and whose eggs can wait for years, or even centuries, to hatch! Here’s our trail map: What Is a Vernal Pond? What Is a Fairy Shrimp? Where Do Fairy Shrimp Come From? How Did God Design Fairy Shrimp to Thrive Through Rest? How Can We Wait and Rest Well? Episode Links: Order Eryn’...

Dive into an adventure with this listener-created lesson on pufferfish! Discover this amazing balloon-of-the-sea fish and how it inflates, along with how we can inflate our hearts with God’s love. Here’s our trail map: Are All Pufferfish Spikey? Why Do Porcupine Fish Have Spikes? How Do Puffers Puff Up? What Do Pufferfish Eat? Are all Pufferfish Poisonous? How Can We Inflate Our Hearts Full of God...

What are your favorite sounds in nature? And what is the “music of the spheres?” Music Director Sean Bohnet of the Bohnet Music Academy joins us as we discover the incredible musical world around us, and what creation’s music teaches us about God. Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Rest-Crea...

Do you have a rock collection? Have you ever wondered how rocks are made? Discover the amazing ways God created nature to make rocks, and hear Eryn’s rockhounding adventure stories. Here’s our trail map: How Is a Rock Made? What Are Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks? What Is Rockhounding and How Can You Become a Rockhounder? What Does the Bible Say About Rocks? Episode Links: Order Eryn’...

Have you ever seen an insect scurry across the top of water? How does a water strider, fishing spider, basilisk lizard, and grebe move across water without sinking beneath it? And how did Jesus walk on water in Matthew 14? Here’s our trail map: What Is A Water Strider? What Is Water Surface Tension? How Do Water Striders Walk On Water? Do Other Creatures Walk On Water? How Did Jesus Walk On Water?...

How do a fish’s gills work? Can frogs breathe under water? And does a spider breathe using lungs like we do? Discover why breathing is important and the unique ways God engineered creatures to get the oxygen they need. Here’s our trail map: Why Is Breathing Important? How Do Fish Breathe Underwater? How Do Frogs Breathe Through Their Skin? How Do Spiders Breathe Using Book Lungs? What Is the Breat...

What is a Tasmanian tiger, and does it still exist? What did a herd of elephants do when their human friend passed away? Dr. Gordon Wilson invites us into the stories of those who protect God’s creation and helps us understand how we can do likewise. Here’s our trail map for today: How Did One Man Help Save Elephants in Africa? What Does the Bible Say About Taking Care of Creation? What Does Psalm...

What would you do if you were charged by a rhino? What is it like to hold a wombat? Today we hear from biologist and filmmaker Dr. Gordon Wilson of the Riot and the Dance nature films and series. Join us for an adventure! Episode Links: Order Eryn’s book: The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Rest-Creation-Sabbath-Living/dp/082...

The smallest seed is the size of a speck of dust, but what plant does it come from? Discover the unique ways orchids grow from a microscopic seed to a beautiful flowering plant…with a bit of help from another species. Here’s our trail map: What Is the Smallest Seed? What Is an Orchid? How Does an Orchid Grow Up? Does an Orchid Have Leaves? How Can We Grow Up Into Christ? Episode Links: Order Eryn’...

There were once around 60 million American bison in North America. How did that number fall to only a few hundred? And who helped save the bison? Discover North America’s largest mammal and its remarkable comeback story. Here’s our trail map: What is a Bison and Why Do They Have Four Stomachs? What Is the Difference Between a Bison and Buffalo? Why Did Bison Almost Go Extinct? How Did Bison Make a...

Books and movies portray shape shifting characters, but those are fictional. Meet some true shape shifters: the octopuses. Discover how they rapidly change color and form not through fictional magic but by natural, God-engineered designs. Here’s our trail map: How Do Octopuses Change Colors? How Do Octopuses Change Shapes? What Is a Hairy Octopus? How Can We Be Careful of Mimicry in Life? Episode...

Why do octopuses shoot ink out? And how many brains do they have? I’ll give you a hint…it’s more than one! These creatures might be called “aliens” by some because of their strange looks and behaviors, but they are not from another world. They are God’s wonderful creations! Here’s our trail map: What Exactly Is an Octopus? How Is an Octopus Born? How Many Brains Does an Octopus Have? How Does an O...

What might it be like to be a lizard in the temple when Jesus taught? Or a sheep in the pasture when angels appeared to the shepherds to announce Jesus’ birth? Or a squirrel in a tree watching Jesus call Lazarus from the dead? Author and pastor Marty Machowski shares the Bible’s true stories through the creative lens of nature in the Redemption Tales series. Learn about the inspiration for his new...

Have you ever heard of a bird delivering mail? Learn about the amazing homing pigeons that helped save human lives during wars, and how these pigeons find their way across hundreds of miles. Here’s our trail map: Why Were Pigeons Used to Deliver Messages? What Is Magnetoreception? How Do Pigeons Find the Right Address? Do Humans Have a Homing Instinct? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s new book, The Nat...

Have you ever touched a slug? Maybe it left its sticky slime on your finger. Why exactly are slugs slimy, and how does their slime help them survive? Meet one of the world’s slowest creatures, the Banana slug, on today’s episode. Here’s our trail map: Where Did the Banana Slug Get Its Name? Are Slugs Bugs? Why Are Slugs Slimy? How Does God Turn Our Disadvantages Into Advantages? Episode Links: Ord...

What better way to wrap up our Wonderfully Made series than to hear from our listeners? Tune in for this very special bonus episode and always remember: You are wonderfully made! “I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

What makes us smart? And how do our brains work? Is it possible for us to change our own brains? Discover all the amazing things happening inside your brain as you listen to this episode! Here’s our trail map: What Are the Parts of the Brain? How Does Our Brain Control Our Body? What Makes Us Smart? How Can We Use Our Brains How God Wants Us To? Episode Links: Order Eryn’s new book, The Nature of...