Is the church anti-science?

May 17, 2026
Is the church anti-science?

A lot of people have been told that faith and science cannot live in the same house. Maybe they heard it in a classroom, during conversations about creation, or during COVID when “trust the science” became political, emotional, and tribal.
But is Christianity actually against science?
In this message, Pastor Peter Anderson looks at Genesis 1, Psalm 19, Romans 1, John 1, and the resurrection of Jesus to show that the Bible was never intended to be a science textbook, but it is truthful in everything it claims. Science is a gift from God. It helps us study the world God made. But science is not God, and it cannot answer the deepest questions of life, meaning, morality, sin, death, and salvation.
The church is not anti science. The church believes science works because God made a world with order, structure, and meaning. Science can describe the world, but only Jesus can save the world.

Scripture references:
 Genesis 1:1
 Psalm 19:1
 Romans 1:20
 John 1:1 to 3
 John 1:14
 1 Corinthians 15
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