Our World As Witness (with Xandra Grieme)
About this episode
The episode explores how the natural world can be used to draw people to Christ, featuring biologist Xandra Grieme.
God reveals Himself to humanity in two "books" - the Bible and Creation. We're used to using the Bible to explain the gospel, but is it possible to use the natural world to draw people to Christ? Andy Bannister and Simon Wenham explore this possibility with American biologist Xandra Grieme. Xandra's book is Forty Answers From Nature: What We Can Learn about God, Life, and Ourselves by Studying the Natural World and her website is Biopologetics.com [https://www.biopologetics.com/] Xandra Grieme is a speaker and author. Her scientific research began with studies in parasite behavior. She later worked in a human blood lab developing treatments for blood cancer until finally moving on to conservation of songbirds in New Zealand. Xandra also studied theology at OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, which inspired her to begin writing on the philosophy of science. Xandra has spent extended time living and researching abroad in Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the UK. She is passionate about educating Christians on our role as stewards of God's natural world. Xandra currently lives in Colorado where hikes through the Rocky Mountains are a constant reminder of God's power and…
People in this episode
Hosts: Andy Bannister, Simon Wenham
Guest: Xandra Grieme
Topics covered
- Christianity
- Nature
- Apologetics
- Stewardship
- Science and Faith
Keywords
- Bible
- Creation
- gospel
- natural world
- Christian stewardship
- science
- theology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: OCCA The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, Biopologetics.com
Books & works: Forty Answers From Nature: What We Can Learn about God, Life, and Ourselves by Studying the Natural World
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