Episode 303: How Theistic Evolution Impacts Our Understanding of God with Dr. Tricia Scribner Part One

Jesus said to the Jews of His day that if they really believed in Moses they would believe in Him, but if they did not believe in Moses, He asked how they could really believe in His words (John 5:46-47).

Jesus said that Moses testified of Him. And foundational to Moses' testimony is the creation account of Genesis, including the creation of the first human beings, Adam and Eve. Can Moses then be compatible with Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection? Many Christians who hold to "theistic evolution," a combination of evolutionary ideas and God as the Creator, believe Darwin is compatible with Moses.

This week and next on the Profile we speak with former nurse, author, and Christian apologist Dr. Tricia Scribner about how theistic evolution impacts a traditional, orthodox understanding of God.

Tricia Scribner's Website

Tricia is a former registered nurse. She holds an MA and PhD from Southern Evangelical seminary and is the author of seven books as well as a Nana to ten grandchildren. She is currently on staff with Mama Bear Apologetics.

Recommended Resources:
*Aquinas and Evolution by Michael Chabarek

*BioLogos website, biologos.com

*Darwin’s Black Box by Michael Behe

*Evolutionary Creation, I Love Jesus and I Accept Evolution by Denis Lamoureux

*God After Darwin, God After Einstein by John Haught

*Mapping the Origins Debate by Gerald Rau

*Saving Darwin: How to Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution by Karl Giberson

*Theistic Evolution by J.P. Moreland and Stephen Meyer, eds.

*Thomistic Evolution by Ku, Davenport, Brent, Austriaco

*Answering the Music Man: Dan Barker’s Arguments Against Christianity, eds. Keltz and Scribner. 

*LifeGivers Apologetics: Women Designed and Equipped to Share Reasons for the Hope Within by Tricia Scribner Amazon carries the book and impactapologetics.com also carries the teacher and student study guides

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