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Language of God
Sharing stories of people who have found a better way of understanding the harmony between science and Christian faith.
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127. Walking with Stan Rosenberg | Parks Road, Oxford
We’re trying a new segment on the podcast where we walk with someone, letting the place inspire the conversation. Today we take a walk with historian Stan…
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126. Ard Louis | Symmetry, Function & Predictability
There are many biological structures in our bodies, things like proteins, DNA and RNA, and they do amazing things. How these structures came to self-assemble…
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125. Diving Deep Into Science and Religion | Live from the UK
For the past three years, the Faraday Institute and Theos have undergone a large-scale research project to find out how people in the UK understand and think…
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60. David Lahti | Nature, Culture & Evolution
David grew up exploring the natural places where there were few people. But his love for nature led him back to people and to a deep desire to understand why…
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124. Deb Haarsma | James Webb Space Telescope
Deb Haarsma visits the studio to talk to Jim about the James Webb Space Telescope and some of the first images that it has sent back to earth. Join a…
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123. Denis Alexander | God’s Good Created Order
Denis Alexander has been writing about science and religion for over 40 years. That work eventually led him to found the Faraday Institute for Science and…
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77. Bill Newsome | Neuroscience, Faith & Free Will
In this conversation with acclaimed Stanford neuroscientist Dr. Bill Newsome, we hear about his journey to becoming a neuroscientist, how hundreds of millions…
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41. Water | Exploring Spiritual & Scientific Depths
Water is mysterious. It is cleansing, it is dangerous, and it is life-giving. In our everyday life we can tend to overlook just how fascinating and important…
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122. Simon Conway Morris | Complete Imponderables
The science of evolution in general has been solidified for a long time now, but there are still plenty of new discoveries and implications being drawn out of…
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121. J. Todd Billings | Good Servant, Tyrannical Master
Medicine is an amazing gift from God. But there are limits to what medicine can do, and when we forget those limits, we forget that God is acting both when…
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120. Creation Groans | Hope on the Other Side
How should we respond to a problem that seems unsolvable? This is the question we ask in a series about the environmental crisis as we explore the fine line…
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119. Creation Groans | Into the Darkness
How should we respond to a problem that seems unsolvable? This is the question we ask in a series about the environmental crisis as we explore the fine line…
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118. Creation Groans | World of Wounds
How should we respond to a problem that seems unsolvable? This is the question we ask in a series about the environmental crisis as we explore the fine line…
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117. Jeff Hardin | Science & Wonder
Ever since he was a kid, Jeff Hardin has been fascinated by the natural world. His long standing avenue for connecting with creation has been science, whether…
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116. Susan Wise Bauer | Homeschooling, History, and the Foundation of Science
Traditional homeschooling and hybrid models have seen a huge uptick in the last couple of years, and, unsurprisingly, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a huge…
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115. Willie James Jennings | Hollow Places, Hallowed Places
When faced with something completely new, how will our theology help us to respond? Willie James Jennings helps us to look back into history at a time when…
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114. Jonathan Moo | Revelation and Radical Faithfulness
Reading the news these days can make it seem like the world is coming to an end. And reading scientific journals, especially regarding climate, biodiversity…
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113. Loren Haarsma | Four Approaches to Original Sin
There are a range of ways that people have thought about original sin, Adam and Eve, and the spread of sin throughout the world. Scientific knowledge…
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BONUS | Francis Collins and Phil Vischer
Francis Collins and Phil Vischer sit down to talk about science and faith and the new BioLogos Integrate curriculum. Learn more about BioLogos Integrate. Watch…
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112. Bill McKibben | No License to Give Up
With his 1989 book The End of Nature, climate activist Bill McKibben launched the contemporary movement against climate change. In the several decades since…
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111. N.T. Wright | The Point of Resurrection
For an episode released during Holy Week, it seemed appropriate to have a conversation with the theologian who has written what many consider to be the seminal…
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55. Tim Mackie | What is the Bible?
In this episode, Jim Stump is joined by Tim Mackie, one of the founders of BibleProject. Tim’s transformation from West Coast skateboarder, to Bible student…
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110. Makoto Fujimura | Creating Beauty from Brokenness
Makoto Fujimura is a world-renowned artist often counted among the preeminent figures in the “slow art” movement. Yet Fujimura also has a deep connection to…
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109. Tish Harrison Warren | God Is A Bad Fairy Godmother
The problem of evil has confounded people of faith as far back as Job. And the knowledge of the world that has been brought about by science has not made it…
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108. Debra Rienstra | The Discipline of Hope
Our best scientific models make it clear that society needs a big change at a global scale in order to limit irreversible damage—what good can individual…
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107. Leslie Wickman | Bring on the Multiverse
Leslie Wickman first witnessed the expanse and majesty of creation through a telescope as a young child on one of those rare cloudless nights in the Pacific…
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67. Esau McCaulley | Justice & the Bible
A common refrain at BioLogos is “you don’t have to choose,” and usually it is in the context of the Bible and science. Esau McCaulley, assistant professor of…
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106. Joseph Graves | Race, Racism, and the Church
In Dr. Joseph Graves’ recent book, Racism, Not Race: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, he and his co-author build a case that our concept of biological…
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105. Bishop Claude Alexander | What the Lord Requires
On his return to the podcast, Bishop Claude Alexander talks with Jim about his new book, Required: God’s Call to Justice, Mercy, and Humility to Overcome…
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104. Regina McCurdy | Teaching Teachers to Teach Science
Regina McCurdy loved science as a child and also took her faith really seriously, which eventually led to a conflict. But when she was eventually told by a…
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103. Reconciling Evolution | Part Two
Though the theory of evolution has revolutionized the biological sciences, bringing the theory into the classroom still causes some fear and trembling—from…
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102. Reconciling Evolution | Part One
Though the theory of evolution has revolutionized the biological sciences, bringing the theory into the classroom still causes some fear and trembling—from…
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101. Jemar Tisby | Splendiferous Wondrous Differences
Every human bears the image of God, and in God’s good future there will be a great diversity of people from all nations and tribes. But we don’t always live as…
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100. May Hope Abound
N.T. Wright, Francis Collins, John Walton, Deb Haarsma, Julia Wattacheril, Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet, and Curtis Chang come back to the podcast to share their…
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99. Heino Falcke | The Hidden World Above
From stargazing as a child to helping lead the team which took the first ever image of a black hole, Heino Falcke has only seen his faith and his work as an…
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98. Phil Vischer | Being Evangelical
His characters on VeggieTales are arguably among the most recognizable voices in the evangelical world. As a co-creator and writer on the show, many of us came…
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50. Shauna Niequist | Let’s Sit Here A Little Longer
For Thanksgiving, we’re bringing you an episode about food. Shauna Niequist is a popular author, speaker, and podcaster and we talked about her book called…
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97. John Inazu | Sharing Transcendence
We live in a world of many different ideas and beliefs and that can make it hard to be in relationships when we disagree about the things we hold most dear…
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96. Kyle Van Houtan | Knowledge of the Universe
Our guest today, Kyle Van Houtan, has always had a curious mind. From growing up in a military family hopping around coastlines to splitting time between his…
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95. Bethany Sollereder | Choose Your Own Adventure
Many have tried to understand why there is suffering in the world. Bethany Sollereder has been working on this topic for many years, and though she hasn’t come…
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94. Milmer Martinez Vergara | Our Invisible Community
Milmer Martinez Vergara grew up in Colombia and never saw a distinction between science, care for the environment and the faith that was instilled from a young…
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12. Rick Potts | A Long Becoming
Rick Potts has always had an interest in origins. As a kid, exploring the origins of musical instruments and the solar system fascinated him. In high school he…
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93. Christy Hemphill | A Cockatoo Among Kittens
For those of us who have worked at BioLogos or spent any time on our forum, the name Christy Hemphill is quite familiar. As a collaborator on the BioLogos…
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92. Sy Garte | Beginning to Wonder
Sy Garte didn’t have the kind of upbringing that would typically lead one to preaching sermons. His parents were members of the communist party, materialists…
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91. Jason Fileta | Faith, Justice, Climate
Jason Fileta didn’t start out as an environmental activist. His first passion was to alleviate the suffering of the poor and hungry. As he met and heard the…
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90. Katharine Hayhoe | Every Reason to Care
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the climate emergency has reached a “code red”. New research also shows that over…
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89. Richard Middleton | Interpreting Biblical Genealogies
At first glance, biblical genealogies appear to straightforward family trees, the kinds we see on ancestry.com that map out the precise relationships between…
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88. Nicanor Austriaco | See Beyond the Molecules
Throughout the pandemic, COVID-19 related news and public thought has often centered around the countries we reside in. Our guest today, Father Nicanor…
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87. Uniquely Unique | Image of God
As the series comes to a close, Jim and Colin take stock of one more distinguishing feature of humans—the image of God. While the previous episodes in the…
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86. Uniquely Unique | Our Sad History
In the long history of searching for what makes humans special we have repeatedly caused great harm to our neighbors, both human and non-human. In fact, it…
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85. Uniquely Unique | Technology
Maybe you’ve noticed that we humans are the only creatures making podcasts. That’s at least partially because we’re the only creatures that have developed the…
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84. Uniquely Unique | Morality, Language, Culture
Humans and animals have a lot in common, especially when you look only to biology. When you start looking at things like morality, language, and culture, you…
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83. Uniquely Unique | Biology
When looking for the thing that makes humans unique on this planet, looking at our biology is an obvious first step. In this episode four experts—an anatomist…
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82. Uniquely Unique | What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Humans share 98.6 of their DNA with chimpanzees. Other animals also have the capacity for language, technology, and possibly even morality. And our own bodies…
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81. Jane Goodall and Francis Collins | Being Human
Jane Goodall’s name has become almost synonymous with the study of and care for chimpanzees over the course of her work which now spans 6 decades. Jane is also…
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80. Dennis Venema & Michael Peterson | Intellect in the Service of Christ
Before we can understand the interactions of science, religion, philosophy we must first know what each is. In their new book, Biology, Religion and…
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79. Justin Barrett | A Psychology of Human Thriving
Throughout his journey as a Christian and a psychologist, Justin Barrett has often lamented the widespread separation between his faith and his work. As a…
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56. Elaine Howard Ecklund | Shared Values in Science and Faith
Elaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist who has devoted her career to understanding the attitudes and perceptions that scientists and religious people have…
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16. Fossils | A Window to God’s Creation
Fossils open a window deep into the history of the earth. Through that window we learn about how whales evolved from four-legged creatures to the aquatic…
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78. Stephen Freeland | Life on Earth and Elsewhere
Humans have long been captivated by life outside of our planet. While mainstream speculation about aliens is usually confined to the fictitious worlds of…