Testimonials

When faced with a dilemma, I find it helpful to hear how people I respect have dealt with the scenario. Because evolution has large implications for how people choose to interpret scripture, I like hearing how people from across the theological spectrum have made their peace with evolution.

Rachel Held Evans died at the excruciatingly young age of 37, but her open and hilarious writings on faith and doubt resonated with many young Christians trying to find their way in the world. She grew up an evangelical in Dayton, TN - home of the Scopes Monkey Trial - and touched on those experiences and how she came to accept evolution in a blog post and in a short interview on the Tokens show. Her book Evolving In Monkey Town touches on these themes as well.

Francis Collins (MD, PhD) is one of the leading geneticists in the world, having directed the Human Genome Project in the 1990s and directed the National Institutes of Health for both Presidents Obama and Trump. He also became a devout evangelical in graduate school and wrote a book about his conversion experience called The Language of God, in which he explores Christian approaches to biological science and explains how he integrates his acceptance of evolution into his high view of scripture. He founded one of my favorite organizations, BioLogos, which helps people integrate science and faith in their own lives.

Tim Keller is one of the most influential writers and pastors in conservative Christianity, having founded Redeemer Presbyterian Church in NYC and written numerous best-sellers. In 2012 he wrote an essay musing about the interactions between evolution and Genesis. Although his takeaways are fairly open-ended, his openness to engage with the science serves as a good example to anyone who rejects evolution outright.