24 min
With David Hutchings PEP Talk
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Apart from toddlers, teenagers probably ask the most questions about difficult subjects! Spare a thought, then, for Christians teaching adolescents in our schools. What can we learn about how to handle faith-questions in such an environment, where a mis-step can land you in hot water so easily? Today we hear from a science teacher about using questions like "Do you believe in aliens?" to encourage gospel conversations.
David Hutchings is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and physics teacher at Pocklington School near York. David is a regular speaker on the philosophy, history, and theology of science across the United Kingdom. He is the author of Let There Be Science [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-There-Be-Science-science/dp/0745968635/] and God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse: What Hawking said and why it matters [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083TY4J8B/]. His latest book, Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Popes-Unicorns-Science-Christianity-Conflict/dp/0190053097/], co-written with James C. Ungureanu, examines the 19th-century origins of the faith-science conflict myth.
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Apart from toddlers, teenagers probably ask the most questions about difficult subjects! Spare a thought, then, for Christians teaching adolescents in our schools. What can we learn about how to handle faith-questions in such an environment, where a mis-step can land you in hot water so easily? Today we hear from a science teacher about using questions like "Do you believe in aliens?" to encourage gospel conversations.
David Hutchings is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and physics teacher at Pocklington School near York. David is a regular speaker on the philosophy, history, and theology of science across the United Kingdom. He is the author of Let There Be Science [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Let-There-Be-Science-science/dp/0745968635/] and God, Stephen Hawking and the Multiverse: What Hawking said and why it matters [https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083TY4J8B/]. His latest book, Of Popes and Unicorns: Science, Christianity, and How the Conflict Thesis Fooled the World [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Popes-Unicorns-Science-Christianity-Conflict/dp/0190053097/], co-written with James C. Ungureanu, examines the 19th-century origins of the faith-science conflict myth.
Support the show [https://www.solas-cpc.org/podcast-book-offer/] (https://www.solas-cpc.org/podcast-book-offer/)
24 min