EPISODE RECAP

• Why there is a growing tension between students and the church these days (1:40)
• The tension for youth leaders is we don’t have all the answers for our students when it comes to faith and science (5:00)
• The existence of God is a question (11:48)
• What questions students are asking now versus the ones they were asking 20 years ago (13:22)
• How to answer students’ questions about science and faith (16:17)
• We boost our credibility with students when we acknowledge other views (18:18)
• Most students are really asking, “Can I believe this and still have faith in Jesus?” (20:25)
• If we want to navigate science and faith with students, we have to change our approach, but not our theology (30:32)
• How questions of science and faith affect students graduating high school (35:59)

QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE

Any time we feel tension, we want to shrink from it, but you can’t stay strong unless you stay under the tension. —Stuart Hall Click To TweetFaith and reason have to constantly work in unison with each other. It can’t be either or. —Stuart Hall Click To TweetWhen it comes to science and faith, what most students are really asking is, “Can I believe in science and still have faith in Jesus?” Click To TweetWhen science seems unafraid to answer our questions and the Church makes it seem like God is too mad to answer these questions, it paints a picture of a weak God. —Crystal Chiang Click To TweetWhen we ask questions about the Bible, we're not questioning the inerrancy of Scripture, sometimes we're questioning our understanding of the inerrant Scripture. —Tom Shefchunas Click To Tweet

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE

Resource: XP3 Middle School (New science and faith series At Odds coming June 1!)

Resource: XP3 High School (New science and faith series Worlds Apart coming June 1!)

Book: Can Science Explain Everything? by John Lennox

Video: Everything is Spiritual

Book: Irresistible by Andy Stanley