Are there more stars than grains of sand on all the beaches?
Yes, the scientific determination is that there are more stars in space than grains of sand on all the beaches of this world. Carl Sagan calculated that a handful of sand contains about 10,000 grains, leading to that conclusion. The comparison arose when a father told his child that every grain of sand corresponded to a star.
Les teaches from 2 Timothy 1:7 that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power. He illustrates God's power by noting that God spoke the Word in the universe. Then he shares an article from a Sunday magazine, Ask Marilyn, where someone asked about telling a child on the beach that for every grain of sand there is a star. The questioner wondered if the child would demand proof. Marilyn answered that Carl Sagan had determined scientifically that in every handful of sand there are about 10,000 grains. From that, he concluded there are more stars in space than grains of sand on all the beaches of this world. Les urges his listeners to think about that.