Science and God | Ps Josh Easton

The call to share faith begins with honesty about shut mouths: not enough knowledge, embarrassment, missed moments, busyness, or even plain disobedience. The gospel carries eternal stakes, not a passing fashion moment, because friends and family need more than opinions about coffee, culture, or comfort. Christ gives a special kind of God fuel, a confidence and peace that does not come naturally when life gets shaky. The call to discipleship therefore refuses to count anybody out, even those who feel like Moses and say, “I can’t speak.”

The relationship between science and God need not be contentious. Johannes Kepler’s desire to think God’s thoughts after Him shows how a scientist can study the stars with worship already in his heart. Romans 1 declares that God’s invisible qualities, eternal power, and divine nature are clearly seen in what has been made. Science can help describe how God orchestrated the world, while faith answers why God created it.

The contrast between science and evolution matters here. Science observes reality, while evolution functions as a theory of origins that makes claims beyond what can be observed or reproduced. The argument points to the origin of life, the leap from single cells to complex life, the limits of time and chance, and adaptation within species as places where evolutionary claims do not settle the question of creation. Creation carries the marks of design, and design invites the question of a Designer.

Jesus stands at the center of that invitation. Christ turns water into wine, walks on water, commands storms to be still, opens blind eyes, strengthens lame bodies, and rises from the grave. Christ’s authority over matter, bodies, weather, and death reveals more than a religious idea. Christ reveals the Creator entering His creation.

Job 38 turns the heart from argument into worship. God asks Job who laid the earth’s foundation, shut the sea behind doors, set limits for the proud waves, and commanded the morning. Creation does not merely furnish ammunition for debates. Creation causes people to look up and say, “God.”

The call to witness therefore seeks hearts rather than victories. Questions cultivate conversations: What is science built to answer? What evidence would be needed to believe? Why does the universe run on elegant maths? Why does wonder rise at the stars, the ocean, or a newborn baby? God opens little doors through uncertainty, groans, fear, beauty, and need. Christ calls His people to walk through those doors with knowledge, boldness, prayer, and kindness, trusting God to bring salvation.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. Knowledge must lead people toward worship. The truth about God’s world is not given so Christians can cut people down in arguments. The aim is to draw uncertain hearts closer to the Creator, with patience and real kindness. Questions and evidence become useful when they help someone look up in wonder rather than feel cornered. [08:51]
• 2. Creation makes God’s glory visible. Romans 1 places God’s eternal power and divine nature on display in what has been made. The stars, mathematical order, living bodies, and the limits of the sea all press the question of design upon the human heart. Wonder is not wasted emotion; it can become a doorway into worship. [13:51]
• 3. Science asks how, faith asks why. Science can observe and describe the patterns God has built into creation. Faith names the purpose, source, and meaning behind those patterns. The mind does not have to wander away from God in order to think carefully; loving God includes the mind. [15:39]
• 4. Jesus has authority over creation itself. Christ’s miracles show power over water, storms, sickness, bodies, and death. His resurrection does not merely add one more religious claim but reveals the Creator acting within the world He made. The new creation in Christ comes by God’s power, not random circumstance. [22:32]
• 5. Little doors deserve faithful attention. Fear, complaints, uncertainty, and wonder often reveal questions people do not know how to ask directly. A kind question can gently push open a door without forcing somebody through it. God calls believers to notice those moments, pray, and speak with courage that seeks salvation.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [00:27] - Why Faith Can Feel Hard to Share
• [03:26] - Looking for Questions Beneath the Groans
• [04:56] - The Eternal Stakes of the Gospel
• [06:22] - God Fuel for Shaky Times
• [08:07] - Science and God
• [08:51] - Winning Hearts, Not Arguments
• [09:51] - Johannes Kepler and God’s Thoughts
• [13:51] - Creation Reveals God
• [15:39] - Science, Faith, and Evolution
• [20:08] - New Creation by God’s Power
• [22:18] - Jesus’ Authority Over Creation
• [24:54] - Job 38 and the Call to Worship
• [26:29] - Opening Doors with Kind Questions
• [30:25] - Prayer for Boldness and Salvation
• [31:58] - Invitation to Come to Jesus

Bible Reading

Romans 1:19-20
“For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” [13:51]

Job 38:4-12
“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements—surely you know! Or who stretched the line upon it? On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its cornerstone, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? Or who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb, when I made clouds its garment and thick darkness its swaddling band, and prescribed limits for it and set bars and doors, and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stayed’? Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,” [24:54]

1 Peter 3:15
“But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,” [00:39]

Exodus 4:10
“But Moses said to the LORD, ‘Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.’” [07:39]

Observation questions

1. According to Romans 1:19-20, which invisible qualities of God can be perceived through what He has made? [14:00]
2. In Job 38:4-12, what parts of creation does God mention to show Job the difference between God’s wisdom and human understanding?
3. What two attitudes does 1 Peter 3:15 join together when believers explain the hope they have: readiness and what else? [00:39]
4. What reasons were named for why believers may stay quiet when an opportunity to speak about Jesus appears? [02:24]

Interpretation questions

1. Romans 1 says creation reveals God’s eternal power and divine nature. How does this change the way a believer might view the stars, the ocean, a newborn baby, or the order of the natural world? [28:32]
2. Job 38 does not give Job a simple explanation for his suffering; it points him to God’s power as Creator. How can wonder before God’s greatness help a person move from demanding answers toward trusting and worshiping Him? [26:13]
3. 1 Peter 3:15 calls believers to give reasons for their hope with gentleness and respect. What might be the difference between helping someone consider Christ and trying to defeat them in a debate? [08:51]
4. Moses focused on his weakness as a speaker, but God still called him. What does this suggest about a believer who feels they do not know enough or are not naturally confident in conversations about faith? [07:24]

Application questions

1. Which reason most often keeps your mouth shut about Jesus—lack of knowledge, embarrassment, busyness, missing the moment, or reluctance to speak? What is one small step that could help you grow in that area this week? [03:18]
2. Think of a friend, family member, colleague, or neighbour who has recently expressed fear, frustration, uncertainty, or wonder. What question could you gently ask that might open a meaningful conversation? [04:18]
3. Creation is meant to lead hearts toward worship, not become ammunition for cutting people down. When you disagree with someone about science, faith, or origins, what would gentleness and respect sound like in your words and tone? [09:13]
4. Jesus has authority over water, storms, sickness, and death. Where is your own life feeling shaky right now, and how does Jesus’ authority over creation give you real hope in that situation? [22:32]
5. When someone says, “I need evidence,” how comfortable would you be asking, “What kind of evidence would you need to believe?” What would help you listen well rather than become defensive? [28:56]
6. What is one “wonder moment” you have experienced recently—a view of nature, the complexity of life, beauty, order, or something else? How could you let that moment lead you personally into gratitude and worship of God? [28:32]
7. Who is one person you can pray for by name this week, asking God to help you notice a little open door and respond with both courage and kindness? [31:12]