The Fool and the Heretic, Todd Charles Wood
The Fool and the Heretic, Todd Charles Wood
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The Fool and the Heretic
How Two Scientists Moved beyond Labels to a Christian Dialogue about Creation and Evolution

Author: Todd Charles Wood, Darrel R. Falk, Rob Barrett

Narrator: Gabe Wicks, John Behrens, John Watson

Unabridged: 3 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/05/2019

Synopsis

The Fool and the Heretic is a deeply personal story told by two respected scientists who hold opposing views on the topic of origins, share a common faith in Jesus Christ, and began a sometimes-painful journey to explore how they can remain in Christian fellowship when each thinks the other is harming the church. To some in the church, anyone who accepts the theory of evolution has rejected biblical teaching and is therefore thought of as a heretic. To many outside the church as well as a growing number of evangelicals, anyone who accepts the view that God created the earth in six days a few thousand years ago must be poorly educated and ignorant--a fool. Todd Wood and Darrel Falk know what it's like to be thought of, respectively, as a fool and a heretic. This audiobook shares their pain in wearing those labels, but more important, provides a model for how faithful Christians can hold opposing views on deeply divisive issues yet grow deeper in their relationship to each other and to God.Discussion questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.

About Todd Charles Wood

Dr. Wood earned a B.S. in biology from Liberty University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Virginia.  He is the founding president of Core Academy of Science, a nonprofit ministry dedicated to helping Christian students navigate the challenges of science and faith. He lives in Dayton, TN, with his wife, Stephanie. 

About Darrel R. Falk

Darrel Falk (PhD [genetics], the University of Alberta) is professor emeritus at Point Loma University and a senior advisor to BioLogos, an organization he helped start aimed at contributing to the discussion of the relationship between science and religion from a Christian evolutionist point of view. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeremy

I loved this book so much. It's the story of two Christian scientists. Both have PhD's in biology but vehemently disagree on the mechanism that God used to create this world and everything in it. Falk is the past President of Biologos and believes in Theistic Evolution. Wood is a Young Earth Creatio......more

Goodreads review by Mike

This book is the result of ongoing meetings between a Christian evolutionist and a creationists. Both are Ph.D.'s in biological fields; both are published scientists. The Colossian Forum is a group that (among other things) fosters real conversations on hard issues. Dr. Wood (the creationist) and Dr......more

Goodreads review by Mickey

This book is challenging. I am a YEC but one who has struggled with my beliefs before. I have seen that evolution is a compelling theory, and there’s even some truth to it, in my estimation. I can see it’s coherence and why so many believe in it. I, like Todd Wood in this book, see all of this, and......more

Goodreads review by KJ

“If these passages, which seem so clear (referencing the great flood, genesis, exodus, etc…) don’t really mean what they say, how in the world can we know that any part of the Bible means what it says?” This was coming from the young earth creationist in the first portion of the book. For a moment,......more

Goodreads review by Leticia

"Jesus could have prayed for correct teaching and doctrine, which are important. Jesus could have prayed that false doctrine would be rooted out of the church, which is also important. Instead, Jesus prayed that we would stick together." - Todd Charles Wood In John 17:9-11, Jesus prays, "I am praying......more

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