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169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time Apr 04, 2024

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The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith.

Jim Stump, host of Language of God has a new book coming out—The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to a Deeper Faith. In this series Jim walks through three of the challenges posed by science.

The challenge of the time explores the long time spans of the earth and the universe and what it means about being a human loved by God in the here and now. Featuring clips from previous conversations with John Walton & Makoto Fujimura.

This is the second of a three part mini-series.

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168. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of the Bible Mar 28, 2024

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The science of evolution has caused friction for many Christians. And science does pose some challenges to the way people have been taught to think about their faith, but those challenges don’t have to lead to a decision to reject faith—or to reject the findings of science. In fact, understanding science can lead to a deeper faith.

The challenge of the Bible asks how we can continue to affirm the Bible as inspired and authoritative if the human authors believed incorrect things about the world. Did God correct their cultural-bound beliefs, or work through them, as God has always worked with imperfect people?

Richard Middleton joins Jim for the second part of this episode to talk about biblical inspiration from the perspective of a bible scholar, and the episode features clips from a previous episode with Philip Yancey.

This is the first of a three part mini-series.

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167. Jonathan Haidt & Francis Collins | Technology, Mental Health, & the Role of Faith Mar 21, 2024

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Special guest-host Francis Collins discusses the children's mental health epidemic with Jonathan Haidt. Haidt has been studying the causes of the high rates of depression and suicide in children for many years and has found that social media is at the root of the worsening trends. But he doesn’t just have causes in mind. He also has solutions. In this discussion--and in his new book, The Anxious Generation--he proposes solutions to be put into place in the home, in schools, and by governments. He also calls out faith communities, understanding that they can lead the way in reversing the trend of declining mental health of children.

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166. Molly Worthen | Science and the Journey to Faith Mar 07, 2024

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Molly Worthen is a historian by training and wrote the book, Apostles of Reason, which explores the history of evangelicalism in America. When she wrote the book about 10 years ago, she approached the topic as an outsider, identifying as an agnostic. Then in 2022, she rather surprisingly found herself getting baptized at the front of a large evangelical Southern Baptist megachurch.

In the conversation she tells the story of her conversion and questions she asked, including questions about miracles, science, and what it means to be intellectually engaged and also believe in the resurrection of Christ.

This conversation was recorded in front of a live audience at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary on February 21, 2024.

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BONUS | Steven McMullen on Food and Thankfulness Feb 29, 2024

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A bonus clip from an interview with Steven McMullen for our series The Gift of Food.

BONUS | Aminah Al-Attas Bradford on Feeding your Microbes Feb 29, 2024

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A bonus clip from an interview with Aminah Al-Attas Bradford for our series The Gift of Food.

BONUS | Derrick Weston on Food not Lawns Feb 22, 2024

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A bonus clip from an interview with Derrick Weston for our series The Gift of Food.

BONUS | Shauna Niequist on Gathering around Food Feb 22, 2024

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A bonus clip from an interview with Shauna Niequist for our series The Gift of Food.

165. The Gift of Food | Economics, Justice, Fellowship (part 5) Feb 15, 2024

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In the last episode of the series we ask several related questions: How does the idea of food as a gift fit with the fact that food is also an economic commodity? How does food play into issues of justice? And how can food, instead of dividing us, bring us together? Finally, we end by discussing what all this means about how we should eat. When we eat with love as our guiding principle, it may not always be simple, but it may be more delicious.

This is the last episode of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.

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164. The Gift of Food | Eating Meat (part 4) Feb 08, 2024

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As creatures that must eat to live, human life is dependent on taking the lives of other creatures. In this episode, we explore ethics, science, and theology behind taking the lives of animals who become our food. In the process, we meet some of the animals and some of the people who raise them. We end up with at least as many questions as when we started and yet we also find a richer appreciation for the ways in which we are connected to other creatures through eating.

This is part four of a five part mini-series. Learn more about the series and find related resources at biologos.org/the-gift-of-food.

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