Too often Genesis 1 is used mistakenly to explain the material origins of our universe and world. This results in perceptions of conflict between science and the Bible. But, we need to remember that the Bible is not a book of science, but a book of meaning, particularly the meaning of our lives in light […]
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I have a saying: “I believe in Jesus; everyone else is required to provide evidence.” As a science-trained Christian, I fully understand that faith is exactly that—”the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). I appreciate that my decision to be a follower of Jesus is a way of
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Many children and adults alike have trouble reconciling the Bible with science, particularly when it comes to the issue of origins. How does what I learn in science class fit with what I read in Genesis 1 in the Bible? How can there be a God who creates when science can explain so much about
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There are almost no children’s books on the market today that bring faith and science together in positive and scientifically accurate ways, but the children’s book, Eek! Said Amy, has done exactly that and addressed a serious mental health issue facing our children today. In Eek! Said Amy author L.J. Zimmerman has brought together our
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As I write, the Kilauea Volcano is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island, an event that is neither mysterious nor surprising. But, for Christians who hold an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation, this event evokes both scientific wonder and a sense of worship. The Hawaiian Islands sit on the Pacific tectonic plate, having formed as the
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For all the common misperceptions out there about conflict between faith and science, it can be easy to miss when their voices sing in beautiful harmony. Consider, for example, what each has to say about our beginnings, namely that our universe had a beginning. In the realm of faith, the first words of the Bible
What Mike McHargue’s 2016 Autobiography Can Tell Us About Christian Faith Formation Here is a brief summation of a dialogue that took place a few weeks ago in the Sunday morning K-2 small group that I facilitate: Student A, a 2nd-grader: I know God doesn’t exist. I can’t see God. Student B, a 1st-grader: Then
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As a Christian trained in evolutionary biology, I’ve been blessed that both faith and science always felt natural to me. I never felt like I had to choose between them. But, during graduate school, I started getting a lot of “God” questions from people who wondered how I could be a Christian and an evolutionist.
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UncategorizedDid you know that your ‘matter’ is billions of years old? According to most astrophysicists, the building blocks of all the matter found in the universe today—the quarks and electrons of which we are all made—formed in the early ‘moments’ of our universe, as it cooled following the Big Bang. This conclusion is based on
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Mommy, how does God hold the wind and the rain in His hands? This was the question my son, Jack, asked me just after his 4th birthday. One of his presents was a wooden puzzle of the U.S. When he opened it, he exclaimed, “Look! The weather!” Each day he saw me check the weather
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