Science & Biblical Faith Dialogue

Stories

  1. What South African Church Leaders Can Learn from Global Science and Religion DialogueScientific discovery and Christian faith are often presented as rivals competing for authority. In South Africa, this framing can leave pastors, teachers,…
  2. The Practical Atheism Of Treating Science As The Only Source Of TruthScience has transformed human understanding. It helps us investigate disease, develop technology, interpret the natural world, and test claims against…
  3. A botanist considers the mustard seed: ecology and faithJesus’ parable of the mustard seed begins with an apparently modest object. A seed is small, easily overlooked, and vulnerable to drying, burial, or being…
  4. The Tower of Babel, Language, and Human DiversityThe story of the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11 has shaped Christian thinking about language, culture, migration, and the origins of nations. It is also…
  5. Why Hebrews Speaks Of Creation And New CreationThe Book of Hebrews presents creation as part of a much larger biblical story. The heavens, the earth, humanity, the covenant, and the promised future are all…
  6. A Physicist Reflects on the Universe Fine-Tuned for LifeThe universe is governed by a remarkable set of physical conditions. Gravity, the strength of the nuclear forces, the mass of elementary particles, the…
  7. The miracles of Jesus and the question of scientific faithCan a scientist believe in the virgin birth? The question reaches beyond laboratory technique. It concerns what counts as knowledge, whether reality is limited…
  8. Teaching Teenagers to Trust Scripture While Studying Evolution in Biology ClassA biology lesson on evolution can feel unsettling for Christian teenagers. Terms such as natural selection, genetic mutation, common ancestry, and geological…
  9. A Neuroscientist on Free Will, Determinism, and the SoulQuestions about human freedom sit at the meeting point of neuroscience, philosophy, and Christian theology. If thoughts and decisions arise through electrical…
  10. The Kalam Cosmological Argument And The Beginning Of The UniverseFew questions reach as deeply into both science and theology as the question of why the universe exists. Cosmology investigates the history, structure, and…