{"id":38337,"date":"2020-02-14T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/congruence-between-science-and-christian-faith\/"},"modified":"2020-02-14T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:55:00","slug":"congruence-between-science-and-christian-faith","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/congruence-between-science-and-christian-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Congruence Between Science and Christian Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her book, Rebecca McLaughlin writes:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Describing the congruence he sees between science and his Christian faith, Nobel Prize&ndash;winning physicist William Phillips says:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I see an orderly, beautiful universe in which nearly all physical phenomena can be understood from a few simple mathematical equations. I see a universe that, had it been constructed slightly differently, would never have given birth to stars and planets, let alone bacteria and people. And there is no good scientific reason for why the universe should not have been different. Many good scientists have concluded from these observations that an intelligent God must have chosen to create the universe with such beautiful, simple, and life-giving properties. Many other equally good scientists are nevertheless atheists. 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