Wernher von Braun—more than any other scientist—brought us into the space age.¹ Von Braun laid the foundation for cell phones, satellite radio, the Internet, GPS, and Doppler radar. His later career reads like a history of the American space program,² and it was undergirded by a firm belief in the Creator God of the Bible.

One of the most familiar passages in the Bible—familiar because of its frequent appearance on Christmas cards and in Christmas sermons—is also one of the most profound and mysterious passages in the Bible. I am referring to Isaiah 9:6.

By the breath of God ice is given, and the broad waters are frozen. (Job 37:10)