What, When, Who, Why ????
Building on last month’s blog it can be helpful to think of the Bible and modern science as answering different, but equally important fundamental questions…
The aim of scientific research is to answer what, when and how type questions about creation… How it works? How and when did it start? What is in the universe and what will happen to it in the end? The Bible, on the other hand, is much more interested in ‘who’ and ‘why’ questions about God and our relationship with God.
Through painstaking observation and experimentation, the work of scientists reveals more and more of the complexity, size, history and beauty of our universe. Our wonder at what we find helps us appreciate the awesome power of our creator God and the scale of God’s plan.
For people of faith, reading scripture reveals equally fundamental things about God: the depth of his love, the scope of God’s purpose, the importance of each one of us to God, God’s wonderful character - his faithfulness, compassion, patience, justice and righteousness.
For Christians like me who believe God spoke creation into being and that scripture is ‘God breathed’, God’s word is revealed in more ways than one!
