Language of God

169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time

Apr 4, 2024

Jim Stump, author of 'The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to a Deeper Faith', discusses the challenge of time in the context of evolution and Christian faith. He explores the long time spans of the earth and universe, highlighting the meaning of being loved by God in the present. The podcast features insights from previous conversations with John Walton & Makoto Fujimura.

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Understanding science can deepen faith by reconciling challenges posed by evolution.

Interpreting Genesis functionally aligns with both scientific findings and theological insights.

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Exploring the Challenge of Time and Divine Priorities

The podcast episode delves into the concept of time as a challenge when reconciling evolution with faith. By condensing the universe's 13.8 billion-year history into a week, concepts like our planet's creation on a Thursday afternoon and human existence appearing less than 14 seconds before the week's end are highlighted. This reimagining prompts reflection on divine priorities and the potential purpose behind the expansive timeline of creation.

Introduction

4min

Exploring Time Through the Creation of the Universe

19min

Exploring the Extravagant Universe Through the Lens of Science and Creation

3min

Exploring Time, God's View, and Genesis Interpretation

9min

Harmonizing Science and the Bible for a Deeper Understanding

2min

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.

Theme song and credits music by Breakmaster Cylinder. Other music in this episode by Babel, Nick Petrov, & Vesper Tapes, courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc.

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Language of God

169. The Sacred Chain | The Challenge of Time

Episode guests

Podcast summary created with Snipd AI

Quick takeaways

Deep dives

Exploring the Challenge of Time and Divine Priorities

Interpreting the Book of Genesis and Engaging with Ancient Cultural Context

Embracing the Wonder of God's Timeless Engagement with Creation

Harmonizing Science and Scripture for Deeper Understandings of God

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts