Gross and Glorious

God declared on Day 6 that everything he had made was “very good”—but some of those “very good” things are also very gross! Just because some things smell bad, feel slimy, or seem dirty doesn’t mean they didn’t have important jobs in God’s creation! From smelly skunks to dirty dung beetles, these creatures reveal God’s good design.

Gross and Glorious Articles

• Slimy Slugs!

  

  Jan. 17, 2024

  It’s rarely a good thing to find a slug in your garden. So why did God create them in the first place?

• Slippery and Slimy Hagfish!

  

  Nov. 9, 2023

  What the hagfish has in abundance is slime, which it produces when attacked or stressed.

• Gross and Glorious: Dung Beetles!

  

  Oct. 27, 2023

  A plumber has a famously dirty job, and in the animal kingdom, the dung beetle has the job of taking care of waste.