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As we continue to study genomes, we find striking similarities between our human genome and those of other organisms. These similarities can lead to one of two conclusions: either humans share a common ancestor with other living things, or the same design was used in the special creation of these different organisms. However, as Francis…

“Being religious means asking passionately the question of the meaning of our existence and being willing to receive answers, even if the answers hurt.” -Paul Tillich, “Saturday Evening Post” “God gave us a curiosity to understand his creation. I don’t think we need to worry that we will move into an exploration that will embarrass…

That’s the question of a documentary aired by BBC, which looks at the relationship between religion and evolution. Connor Cunningham, the documentary’s host, is a firm believer in evolution as well as a Christian. The apparent clash between science and religion, he argues, comes from extremists on both sides who have hijacked the debate to…

Every Monday, “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from one of The BioLogos Foundation’s co-presidents: Karl Giberson and Darrel Falk. Today’s entry was written by Karl Giberson. There is an odd rearguard action to undermine evolution taking place that I don’t quite understand. Rather than critique evolution for its inability to explain the bacterial…

Every Friday, “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from a guest voice in the science and religion dialogue. This week’s guest entry was written by Daniel M. Harrell, a minister at Park Street Church in Boston and author of Nature’s Witness: How Evolution Can Inspire Faith. I recently led a seminar on faith and…

In the early chapters of Genesis, we meet Adam and Eve, the original man and woman formed from the dust of the Earth, brought to life by the breath of God, and placed in a beautiful garden with a mysterious tree whose fruit gives knowledge. Their story provides a foundation for the rest of the…

Alister McGrath, author of A Fine-Tuned Universe, was a “rottweiler sort” of atheist in his younger years. However, after attending university, McGrath discovered that God was more exciting that he initially thought, and became a Christian. As he began to think about the intersection between science and religion, he saw that their interactions were far…

CAPTION: The Message-Incident Principle This post is a follow up by Denis Lamoureux on his earlier “Science and the Sacred” guest article “The Ancient Science in the Bible“. As I argued in a previous contribution, the Bible presents a 3-tiered universe. One of the most important passages in the New Testament is the Kenotic Hymn,…

Every Monday, “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from one of The BioLogos Foundation’s co-presidents: Karl Giberson and Darrel Falk. Today’s entry was written by Darrel Falk. Some time ago, I spoke with a theologian who has accepted the findings of the physical sciences–the earth is 4.5 billion years old–but not the biological sciences.…

Every Friday, “Science and the Sacred” features an essay from a guest voice in the science and religion dialogue. This week’s guest entry was written by Dean Nelson, the founder and director of the journalism program at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He is writing a book with Karl Giberson about John Polkinghorne…
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