Canadian Pentecostal SeminaryComplex and agonizing bioethical issues face Christians at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Should infertile couples resort to in vitro fertilization? Is it ever appropriate to rely on doctor assisted suicide? Ought we to call for a moratorium on the logging of tropical rain forests? These kinds of questions and many more, brought about by modern technology, stretch our ability as Christians to respond with reason and biblical insight.
Christianity and Science: The Roots of Our Disconnect
Wednesday, February 07 2007 @ 10:17 AM EST
In this essay I want to discuss the world from a scientific perspective. This is unfamiliar territory for many who have been trained to become pastors. In fact, our training tends to approach the world from a biblical perspective. These perspectives are indeed compatible, for science is a legitimate but limited way of discovering truth. Our concern with science as Evangelical Christians has more to do with the false presuppositions or generalization often found in the scientific community than with the discipline itself.