“Coming to Peace With Science” by Darrel Falk

Description

"Is a thoroughly Christian and biblically informed doctrine of creation compatible with widely held conclusions of modern science, especially biology? For Darrel R. Falk, this is not just an abstract question but one with which he has personally wrestled. A professor of biology, Falk brings together his biblically based understanding of creation and the most current research in biology. The result of his efforts to acknowledge the validity of science and the authority of Scripture is a new paradigm for relating the claims of science to the truths of Christianity. Written with the undergraduate student in mind, this book nonetheless will help anyone who is looking for a place to stand in the creation-evolution debate, fearful that they'll have to choose between intellectual integrity and the faith of the church. Calling for charitable discussions within the church, Falk shows how an original and ongoing interaction of God with creation is fully reconcilable with the kinds of development identified by current biological science." - Amazon.com

Reviews and Comments

• Andrew J Petto, Reports of National Center for Science Education:
  This book is a good resource for those who need to explain to Christian anti-evolutionists, in language that they will find familiar, why they would be strengthened and matured in their faith if they could find a way to come to peace with science.
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• Joseph H. Lechner, American Scientific Affiliation:
  This is the most helpful book I have ever read on biological origins and Christianity… Please share this book with your pastor and with your church’s young-adult Sunday school teacher.
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• Phillip Batterham, Associate Professor of Genetics, University of Melbourne:
  Falk carefully integrates the evidence to build a picture of the loving creator-God.  Needed for so long, this powerful book can intellectually and spiritually nourish the Christian community.


• William Dembski, author of The Design Revolution
  In this highly instructive book, Darrel Falk describes his intellectual and spiritual journey in reconciling Christian belief with biological evolution.  It is important for the wider body of Christians, many of whom remain skeptical of biological evolution, to grapple with the arguments contained in this book.


• Keith B. Miller, Research Assistant Professor of Geology, Kansas State University, and ASA fellow:
  The book is a refreshing contrast to much popular Christian writing on evolution.  In it, Darrel Falk embraces and rejoices in both the biblical message and the history and processes of creation as revealed by scientific investigation.


• Loren Haarmsa, Assistant Professor of Physics, Calvin College:
  Theologically sound, scientifically accurate, understandable at the high school and early college science level, this is a superb book for evangelicals and other Christians who want to learn about the history of life that God is revealing to us in the book of his creation.