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 

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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 

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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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.  

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"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.

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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.

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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.  

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Hear Dale respond to some of the questions that came in around the first video, Is there tension between science and Christian faith?

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