Disciple Science Podcast

The Reverend Hunter is an evangelist but maybe not in the way you think. Dr. Tony Jones does like to talk about Jesus but he is equally effusive about how time in nature, and especially hunting, is good for our spiritual journey. This conversation explores some new topics since I am not an avid hunter or fisherman but there is a lot examine as we consider how hunting and fishing bring us face to face with the death that is both abundant in the natural world and is necessary to bring about life. You can find more of Tony on his website or on the Reverend Hunter podcast. Links to both are found below. Tony's personal website - https://reverendhunter.com/ The Reverend Hunter Podcast - https://reverendhunter.com/podcastepisodes Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience

The church is waking up to the climate crisis, in part because the youth among us insist that we do. In this episode, I talk with Tori Goebel, national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA). They have taken the lead in preparing young people to lead the discussion on climate in the church and community. We discuss how young Christians see the environmental movement, what type of actions they want to take to fight climate change, if they should talk with their parents about these issues, and the inspiring stories of the young leaders coming out of Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. This links to the article on fathers and daughters and climate discussions. Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

Many of the tensions between science and Christianity over the past century can be tied to differing interpretations of Genesis one. While searching for the singular best interpretation, few have considered that Genesis intentionally communicates multiple valid and unique messages simultaneously. In this episode, Dale speaks with Dr. Gregg Davidson, co-author of The Manifold Beauty of Genesis One, to talk about why we should reconsider our approach to the first page of the Biblical narrative. Link to Dr. Davidson's personal website https://greggdavidson.net/ Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience

Our changing climate, and its devastating impacts on our world, have left many of us with little hope. If you are struggling with anxiety about the climate or just looking for good news about what is being done to dig out of this mess, we recommend you read the latest book from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, “Saving Us: a climate scientist's case for hope and healing in a divided world”. In this conversation you will hear Dale and Katharine discuss the climate, Christianity, science and how to find hope. Also, if you want to talk with others about the topic and hear from Dr. Hahyoe and other experts, Arochausa is hosting a virtual book club that starts on September 21st, 2021. You can sign up at https://www.loveyourplace.org/ Link to Dr. Hayhoe's personal website http://www.katharinehayhoe.com/ Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience

When it comes to Christianity and the Covid 19 vaccine, things are complicated. We all long for the end of the pandemic and the health of our neighbors, but some of us are exposed to confusing and misleading information on the vaccines and the infection itself. How can we have respectful dialogue when we are surrounded by so much vitriol and misinformation? Don't you wish you could talk to someone you trust? In this episode, I talk with Madelyn Schwieters, Christine David, and Kendall Luman about their experience with the Interfaith Youth Corps faith and the vaccine ambassadors program. They talk about their roles in speaking with their community about the vaccine in an effort to encourage more people to get the shot. Link to the interfaith youth core program https://ifyc.org/interfaith-america/faith-and-vaccine

Is climate change real, is it serious, and is it caused by humans? If you ask someone those questions, a pattern will emerge. The degree to which someone is skeptical or accepting of human-caused climate change is most heavily influenced by race, politics, and religion. Dr. Robin Globus Veldman set out to explain why evangelical Christians are among the most persistent climate skeptics in western cultures in her book The Gospel of Climate Skepticism: Why Evangelical Christians Oppose Action on Climate Change. Enjoy this conversation as we discuss her work and her findings. Amazon link to The Gospel of Climate Skepticism Dr. Veldman's personal website Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience

Pastor John Kirkwood started the Sparrows Call and a YouTube interview show called Voices in the Wilderness. He is working to reach those who disassociated with Christianity, the exvangelicals, the nones and the dones, by creating spaces to explore Christianity (and science) outside of the confines of a traditional church. He is a voice of wisdom for deconstructing and reconstructing Christians who may be critical of religious but compelled by Jesus. The Sparrow's Call Voices in the Wilderness on YouTube Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

Many of us wrestle with two questions that we falsely believe are unrelated. How should I relate to nature and the environment around me and how should I relate to God? Old Testament scholar Dr. Sandra Richter's connects those two topics in her latest book, the delightfully readable and quotable, Stewards of Eden. In this episode we discuss her shared interests in Biblical scholarship and Christian Earth-keeping how the first pages of the Bible, the laws in the Torah and even the New Testament depict our participation in Gods kingdom intertwined with our relationship with the world around us. Amazon link to Dr. Richter's book Stewards of Eden Dr. Richter's author page on Seedbed Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is emerging as a voice of reason, wisdom and grace as Christians explore our relationship with the created world In this episode of the Disciple Science podcast hear Kyle and Dale talk about how he came to see care of creation as a central part of Christian discipleship (hint, it had something to do with his brothers dietary choices) and how we should view our relationship with the created order. This episode can also be viewed on YouTube here. You can find Kyle at the Evangelical Environmental Network at https://creationcare.org/ Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

The Galileo affair is often portrayed as a science vs. faith scenario where a narrow minded Catholic church punished an innovative scientist for trusting his data. However, the true story is much more complex and reveals lessons on wisdom that apply to every opportunity to defend your beliefs. Music by Roa - https://soundcloud.com/roa_music1031 Disciple Science Links Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

Why are so many Evangelicals walking away from the Christian Faith? Is Modern Science compatible with Christianity? Is a secular education or a fundamentalist upbringing the "slippery slope" that leads to deconstruction? This week's episode features an interview of Dr. Dale Gentry by John James Kirkwood and Kristine Johnson at the The Sparrow's Call, a ministry that seeks to reach those that have walked away from their faith.

Science is always changing but the Biblical canon is fixed. While that is technically true, it doesn't account for the subtle ways Biblical interpretation mimics scientific analysis. This video discusses how the transition from geocentrism to heliocentrism influenced our understanding of the Bible and Dr. Gentry presents his belief that Biblical interpretation functions like Thomas Kuhn's models of science. Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplesci... https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience

In the first two weeks of this series, Dale explores the history behind the tension between science and Christianity. In this third week, Dale presents a pathway out of the tension paradigm into a more compatible future. Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

The history of the relationship between science and Christianity can show us the source of the tension and produce insights on how to get out of the conflict paradigm. This is the second of a three part speaking engagement at Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, MN on the history of the Christian church and scientific thought. My goal was to show that the source of the conflict is not between science and religion but in they ways we used science and understood scripture, two areas that can both be revised. Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

This is the first of a three part speaking engagement at Salem Covenant Church in New Brighton, MN on the history of the Christian church and scientific thought. My goal was to show how the current model of conflict between science and Christianity has not always been, and does not necessarily need to persist. Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

The Bible is a book of science, but it is a book of ancient science, and that is just the way God wanted it to be. In his latest book, The Bible & Ancient Science: Principles of Interpretation, Dr. Denis Lamoureux helps readers understand why scripture often doesn't align with modern science and why that isn't a problem. This conversation give further depth to our discussion of the influence of Copernicus and Galileo and the transition to heliocentrism and how to read the Bible in light of modern science. Dr. Lamoureux's Coursera class - Science and Religion 101 The Bible and Ancient Science - Amazon Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience.com

500 years ago almost everyone was certain that the earth was at the center of our solar system (geocentrism) but now we are certain that it is not (heliocentrism). This podcast/vlog discusses that transition to provide context to the bigger debate about how to read the Bible. In a later episode we will cover how these scientific findings were received by readers of the Bible and why they are so frequently mentioned when we discuss Biblical interpretation. You can watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/wSUt1gY0mzY Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/ https://www.youtube.com/DiscipleScience

Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund is a Professor of Sociology and director of the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University. Her recent book, "Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: 8 Shared Values that Move us Beyond Fear" takes a novel approach emphasizing similarities rather than differences between science and faith. We discuss her book and her years of experience studying the people groups involved in the intersection of science and Christian faith. Why Science and Faith Need Each Other - https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B0821NVBVM&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_sXXfFbGEC0FZ3 Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University - https://rplp.rice.edu/ You can read more about Elaine and her work at her personal website - http://www.elainehowardecklund.com/ Disciple Science Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

The North American meteorological summer is nearly halfway complete! In this short episode, Dale will give you a sneak peak at what you can expect from Disciple Science for the remainder of July and August. Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Christian theology contains a few remarkable paradoxes. That Jesus was fully God and fully Human, the trinitarian nature of God, the now and not yet of the Kingdom of God. These oddities of Christian doctrine do not make simple rational sense and yet we are invited to seek God through these foundational paradoxes. They should prepare us to recognize when we are offered dualistic false dichotomies to societies problems. Yet false dichotomies are what lie at the center of our current tension around race relations, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the best way to tend and watch over God's good creation. Today on the disciple science podcast, do we have to choose. Links: Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

While Christians have a strong moral foundation for earth keeping, we don't have a sterling reputation for practicing what we preach. From that knowledge comes the recent book Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care, a collection of essays edited by and contributed to by Calvin University professors, Ecologist Dr. Dave Warners and Engineer Dr. Matt Heun. In this two part interview we talk about the Christian Environmental Stewardship paradigm, where it may be lacking and how we can re-frame a Christ centered commitment to tend and watch over all of God's creation to better inspire the next generation of earth keepers. This is the second half of the interview, check out last weeks episode for part one. Enjoy. Beyond Stewardship (Amazon Link) Beyond Stewardship website including links to chapter author interviews

While Christians have a strong moral foundation for earth keeping, we don't have a sterling reputation for practicing what we preach. From that knowledge comes the recent book Beyond Stewardship: New Approaches to Creation Care, a collection of essays edited by and contributed to by Calvin University professors, Ecologist Dr. Dave Warners and Engineer Dr. Matt Heun. In this two part interview we talk about the Christian Environmental Stewardship paradigm, where it may be lacking and how we can re-frame a Christ centered commitment to tend and watch over all of God's creation to better inspire the next generation of earth keepers. This interview spanned two session so it will be released in two episodes, this is part one. Enjoy. Beyond Stewardship (Amazon Link) Beyond Stewardship website including links to chapter author interviews

"If you have a why, you can bear almost any how." This concept leads me to seek the "why" behind Christian earth-keeping and secular environmentalism to determine which worldview has a better foundation for stewardship of the environment. The book Between Heaven and Earth by Fred Van Dyke is an excellent resource on the relationship between Christians and the environment and was a valuable resource for this episode. Link to the book on Amazon. https://amzn.to/2zcDwr1 (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources to help people see how integrating science and Christian faith can inspire a fuller knowledge of God). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Watch our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html E-mail: disciplescience1@gmail.com Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Fundamental to the question of whether Christians should take care of God's creation is if the earth serves any ultimate purpose. Do we hope to be ushered away from the earth, in which case we should see it as disposable, or is our hope for something else? In this episode Dale explores how different understandings of the Christian gospel influence our penchant for or against environmental stewardship. The book Surprised by Hope, by N.T. Wright is mentioned in this episode. It is an outstanding resource describing different understandings of the gospel from the perspective of history, theology and the Bible. Link to the book on Amazon https://amzn.to/3aynIf8 (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources to help people see how integrating science and Christian faith can inspire a fuller knowledge of God). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Watch our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html E-mail: disciplescience1@gmail.com Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Survey data show that evangelical Christians are among the least likely to identify as environmentalists and most likely to deny that humans play a role in climate change. In this first episode addressing the latest video, The Gospel and the Environment, we will explore what is behind the pattern of Christians wanting to disassociate from the environmental movement. The Gospel and the Environment Disciple Science video https://youtu.be/NtTMQnfJovU Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

We interrupt our normal schedule of discussing Disciple Science videos to address the topic of the day, the coronavirus pandemic. This issue invites us to integrate science's ability to understand how the world works and Christian faith's framework for hope, meaning, purpose, ethics and relationship. Dale will will talk about what we can learn from this shared experience and how to respond and act as Christians in the midst of economic, social, personal and social strife. Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Dr. Sy Garte has a remarkable story. Raised as an atheist, he came to follow Jesus in part because his training in science led him to question his materialist worldview. Hear the second half of Sy's story in this week's episode. You can read the whole story in his recently published book, The Works of His Hands: A Scientists Journey from Atheism to Faith (linked below). You can also see some of Sy's YouTube videos at his channel Faithful Syence at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQXuI1EBHajDPH8YJvePZYA This is part two of an hour long interview. The first half was released in last week's podcast. Amazon link to The Works of His Hands https://amzn.to/2QLJO6D (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources showing how the integration of science and Christian faith can inspire a fuller knowledge of God). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Dr. Sy Garte has a remarkable story. Raised as an atheist, he came to follow Jesus in part because his training in science led him to question his materialist worldview. Hear the first half of his story in this week's episode. I encourage you to read the whole story in his recently published book, The Works of His Hands: A Scientists Journey from Atheism to Faith (linked below). You can also see some of Sy's YouTube videos at his channel Faithful Syence at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQXuI1EBHajDPH8YJvePZYA This is part one of an hour long interview. The second half will be released in next week's podcast. Amazon link to The Works of His Hands https://amzn.to/2QLJO6D (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources showing how the integration of science and Christian faith can inspire a fuller knowledge of God). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Dr. Gregg Davidson is professor and chair of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. In this week's episode we discussed his recent book Friend of Science Friend of Faith, where Gregg outlines his vision for the compatibility and harmony of science and Christian faith. This is part two of an hour long interview. The first portion of the interview was in the previous weeks podcast. You can find information on all of Gregg's books (fiction and nonfiction) at http://greggdavidson.net/ Amazon link to Friend of Science Friend of Faith https://amzn.to/338U6mo (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Dr. Gregg Davidson is professor and chair of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. In this week's episode we discussed his recent book Friend of Science Friend of Faith, where Gregg outlines his vision for the compatibility and harmony of science and Christian faith. This is part one of an hour long interview. The second portion of the interview will be released next week. Amazon link to Friend of Science Friend of Faith https://amzn.to/338U6mo (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Dr. Gregg Davidson is professor and chair of Geology and Geological Engineering at the University of Mississippi. In this week's episode we discussed his recent book Friend of Science Friend of Faith, where Gregg outlines his vision for the compatibility and harmony of science and Christian faith. This is part one of an hour long interview. The second portion of the interview will be released next week. Amazon link to Friend of Science Friend of Faith https://amzn.to/338U6mo (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Christians see the Bible as the inspired word of God. So we usually check for compatibility with any idea in science, or any other field, to confirm that it fits with what we learn from scripture. In this episode I will take a big picture perspective to review the first few chapters of Genesis as well as select verses from the New Testament, to determine if Evolutionary Creationism is compatible with a high view of scripture. The book, The Lost World of Genesis One is a great book by Old Testament expert John Walton that outlines the idea that Genesis One is describing the inauguration of the earth as a temple. Link to the book through Amazon https://amzn.to/2T5SoyJ The book, The Lost World of Adam and Eve is another great book by John Walton outlining views on Adam and Eve in Genesis 2 and 3. Link to the book trough Amazon https://amzn.to/397uHvu (this are affiliate links, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources to help people see how integrating science and Christian faith can inspire a fuller knowledge of God). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Many Christian are only aware of one view on origins (young earth creationism), and most Christians don't know why there are so many models for when and how God creation. This episode will discuss the six views on the of everything and which are compatible with Christian beliefs. The book, Mapping the Origins Debate is a valuable resource for more detail on this topic. This is a link to Mapping the Origins Debate through Amazon. https://amzn.to/2uIdWIx (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Pope John Paul II said, "Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes. Each can draw the other into a wider world, a world in which both can flourish." This week on the Disciple Science podcast we will begin our exploration of the origins debate by asking if evolution caused more problems, or solved more problems, for Christian thought. Website: https://www.disciplescience.com/ Explore our videos: https://www.disciplescience.com/videos.html Listen to podcasts: https://www.disciplescience.com/podcast.html Donate: https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/disciplescience/ https://twitter.com/DiscipleScience https://www.facebook.com/DiscipleScience/

Why did God create? This week I interview Dr. Lisanne Winslow to discuss her soon to be released book, A Great and Wonderful Analogy. She will outline the views she shares with Jonathan Edwards, the early American preacher and theologian, that God is using creation to reveal God's self to us. Link to Lisanne's faculty page - https://unwsp.edu/bio/lisanne-winslow Link to LIisanne's instagram page Urchinpoet - https://www.instagram.com/urchinpoet/ You can support the podcast and the production of Disciple Science videos at https://www.disciplescience.com/support.html

Seeking God in nature may come easy to some but is new and uncomfortable for others. Dale provides some suggestions for how to bring scripture and nature together in this weeks episode. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast by clicking on the Support link on the disciplescience.com website. www.disciplescience.com/support

Should an active imagination be a part of your journey of faith? The abundance of poetry in the scriptures and the rich metaphors describing God suggest that you do, but should it also be part of our search for meaning from creation? The book Re-imaging Nature: The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology was an important resource for this episode. https://amzn.to/2LGFl2I (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast by clicking on the Support link on the disciplescience.com website. www.disciplescience.com/support

"The heavens reveal the glory of God," this refrain from Psalm 19 points to a connection between what we see in the natural world and our desire to know God, but did Jesus and the authors of scripture practice this method? This week we will explore the Bible for connections between nature and a clearer understanding of God. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast by clicking on the Support link on the disciplescience.com website. www.disciplescience.com/support

Before we explore the applications of natural theology, Dale seeks to define the term and addresses some of the criticisms of seeking God in creation. The book Re-imaging Nature: The Promise of a Christian Natural Theology is a significant resource for this episode. https://amzn.to/2LGFl2I (this is an affiliate link, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast by clicking on the Support link on the disciplescience.com website. www.disciplescience.com/support

There is an old concept, first introduced hundreds of years ago, that doesn't get much airtime in the modern western Church, that God authored two books of revelation. Not two actual book, but two metaphorical books, the books of scripture and the book of creation. This episode is the first of a series of episodes asking what we can know of God through the examination of creation. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast here www.disciplescience.com/support

Hear Dale respond to some of the questions that came in around the first video, Is there tension between science and Christian faith? Links to resources mentioned in the episode (some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of future videos and resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Web-page: Wikipedia list of Christians in science and technology Book: Biology through the eyes of faith by Richard Wright Book: God's undertaker: Has science buried God? by John Lennox Book: Surprised by Meaning: Science, Faith, and How We Make Sense of Things by Alister McGrath Book: Enriching our vision of Reality by Alister McGrath Support Disciple Science with a tax deductible donation www.disciplescience.com

Do emerging adults see the relationship between science and faith in a different way? Dale speaks with Greg Cootsona, author of Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults, to talk about modern views on the intersection of science and faith, and how the emergence of technology and the internet is transforming our perceptions of the relationship? Greg Cootsona teaches in the department of comparative religion and humanities at California State University at Chico. Greg directs Science for the Church, a project designed to bring the resources of science to strengthen congregational life. From 2016 to early 2019, he directed the Science and Theology for Emerging Adult Ministries at Fuller Seminary. Greg served as a pastor for 18 years, and he is published on numerous topics, recently focusing on the intersection of science and faith. He has authored the book Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults, which was published in 2018 by InterVarsity Press, and his book Negotiating Science and Religion in America: Past, Present, and Future will be published by Routledge Press next month. Greg also serves as an advisor to Biologos, DoSER (Dialogue on Science Ethics and Religion from the AAAS), Sinai and Synapses, and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. Book and resource recommendations from the episode (Some of the links below are affiliate links, meaning that if you click through and make a purchase, Disciple Science will receive a small commission. All of those funds will go into production of educational resources exploring the intersection of science and faith). Book: Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults Book: Religion vs. Science: What Religious People Really Think Book: Secularity and Science: What Scientists around the World Really Think about Religion Book: You Lost Me: Why Young Christians are Leaving Church and Rethinking Faith YouTube Playlist: Dichotomies Down in Dayton (insights on the Scopes Monkey Trial)

While assigning blame for a problem may provide a sense of relief, it won't necessarily make the issue go away. However, as we finish our brief tour of the history of the relationship between science and faith, we will find that both the Christian and scientific communities have missed steps. We should learn from those stories as we work to carve a way forward into a future where the two worlds can coexist and even overlap more peacefully. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast here https://www.disciplescience.com/donate.html

Modern science assumes that no divine intervention is needed to explain the ways of the world. Will this approach to answering scientific questions leak into our psyche as we explore ideas of meaning and purpose? Listen in as Dale, Joel an Matt explore the concept of methodological naturalism as it is applied in the scientific method and how extrapolating from science into life can lead us into a naturalistic worldview. Be sure to watch our first video on our YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptRedo--XTWgHyUc0SsAIA). Also check out our website (https://www.disciplesciencecom) for more resources on science and faith. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast here https://www.disciplescience.com/donate.html

Study after study confirms that the public believes there is tension or conflict between science and faith. But is the tension real and has it always been there? This week, Joel, Dale, and Matt begin to discuss some of the history of the intersection between science and faith. Be sure to watch our first video on our youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCptRedo--XTWgHyUc0SsAIA). Also check out our website (https://www.disciplescience.com) for more resources on science and faith. You can support production of Disciple Science videos and the podcast here https://www.disciplescience.com/donate.html

This week on the Disciple Science Podcast, hear Matt, Dale, and Joel discuss why they formed Disciple Science and their goals for honest and responsible discussion of difficult and important topics. Make sure to check out our website disciplescience.com for more resources on science and faith.

Welcome to the Disciple Science Podcast! Disciple Science exists to explore the intersection of science and faith and this podcast is one of several Disciple Science resources for that purpose. In this first episode, you'll get to meet hosts Dale Gentry, Joel Jueckstock and Matt Gill. You'll also get to hear about what we hope to accomplish through this podcast. Make sure to check out our website disciplescience.com for more resources on science and faith.