Why should we be surprised?!
Marvelous design originates from the Designer.
What are we talking about? Watch our Truth in Two to find out (2 min vid + text).
Note: the word “fascia” was misspelled in the upload of the video.
Dr. Mark Eckel is Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University. Support MarkEckel.com (here). Find the MarkEckel.com YouTube Channel (here). Mark is President of The Comenius Institute (website) and interprets culture from a Christian vantage point through Truth in Two videos (here).
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FULL TEXT
Discoveries about the human body continue to fascinate scientists. For instance, fascia is a thick fibrous connective tissue that wraps and supports every structure in the human body. Recent scientific discoveries showed that fascia not only wraps around organs, muscles and bones but surrounds every cell structure. As part of this discovery researchers acknowledged fascia provides form and function to every part of your body. You can learn more about this systemic bodily tissue that allows flexibility and stretching by viewing the link from the Cleveland Clinic at the end of this Truth in Two.
Now why would I, a theologian, be interested in fascia? One, I am amazed at the constant discoveries still being made about the human body. Two, I am thankful we live in a day when such extensive, thorough research can be done. Three, the human body continues to disclose its wonderous design. But wait! How do my three observations relate to theology.
Proverbs 25.2 says the idea of human discovery begins with the God-designed universe disclosing its intricacies to explorers who uncover them. Those who *research the world, declares Psalms 64 through 67, ponder what God has done, stand in awe of His wonders, benefit from all His works, all of which causes a fear of Him to spread throughout the earth. But research and discovery depend upon the study of human life that is “fearfully and wonderfully made” according to Psalm 139. As Lesslie Newbigin said in his book Foolishness to the Greeks, “The work of scientists must be illuminated by insights derived from rigorous theological thinking.”
As you hear of new chemical, physical, planetary, or even bodily news, remember this: if we are constantly learning about creation, what does that tell us about the Creator? As Elihu said to Job, perhaps we should “stop and consider the wondrous works of God.”** For the Comenius Institute, this is Dr. Mark Eckel, Executive Director of the Center for Biblical Integration at Liberty University, personally seeking truth wherever it’s found.
NOTES
* “ponder” Ps 64.9, “awe” Ps 65.8, “benefit” (Ps 66.5), “spread” (Ps 67.7)
** “As Elihu said to Job” (Job 37.14)
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/23251-fascia