Tyndall Effect Quotes

Matt 6:25 Because of the ill effects of worry, Jesus tells us not to worry about those needs that God promises to supply. Worry may (1) damage your health, (2) disrupt your productivity, (3) negatively affect the way you treat others, and (4) reduce your ability to trust in God. How many ill effects of worry are you experiencing? Here is the difference between worry and genuine concern—worry immobilizes, but concern moves you to action.

Tyndale was in prison for sixteen months. “If I am to remain here through the winter,” he wrote to the authorities, “have the kindness to send me . . . a warmer cap, . . . a warmer coat, . . . a piece of cloth too to patch my leggings. . . . But most of all . . . permit me to have the Hebrew Bible, Hebrew grammar, and Hebrew dictionary.” Tyndale was tried and sentenced to death. His last words were a prayer: “Lord, open the king of England’s eyes.

* To be sure, today Tyndall would probably be called a physicist, and he is best remembered for his pioneering investigations of the absorptive properties of atmospheric gases. He seems, in fact, to have been the first person to predict the greenhouse effect, which he did in 1861: On a fair November day the aqueous vapour in the atmosphere produced fifteen times the absorption of the true air of the atmosphere. It is on rays