Episodes 258
Avg. Duration 51m
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Apple Rating 4.8 (466)
Since Feb 2019
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Sharing stories of people who have found a better way of understanding the harmony between science and Christian faith.

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OCEANS MONTH! 211. Cool Creatures | Coral

Jun 04, 2026 40m Transcript

Coral reefs are easy to mistake for rock or plant life. But corals are animals—colonies of tiny polyps living in partnership with algae, building vast reef structures over generations. They are…

210. Charles Foster | The Significance of Edges

May 28, 2026 51m Transcript

In this episode of Language of God, Colin Hoogerwerf and Jim Stump sit down in Oxford, England with writer, veterinarian, barrister, and philosopher Charles Foster to explore a provocative idea at…

209. Tish Harrison Warren | A Grammar for Weariness

May 14, 2026 1h 4m Transcript

In a world that often feels relentlessly exhausting, weariness can seem like something to fix, escape, or push through. But what if it’s also a place where something deeper is happening? In this…

208. NT Wright | New Creation Breaking In

May 07, 2026 48m Transcript

New Testament scholar N.T. Wright sits down with Jim Stump to explore how Christians should think about the past, the future, and the story that holds them together. What does it mean to say that…

207. Ayaan Hirsi Ali | The Shape of Belief

Apr 23, 2026 33m Transcript

What happens when one of the world’s most prominent former atheists becomes a Christian—and claims that faith actually strengthens reason and science? In this episode, Jim Stump sits down with author…

206. Jessica Malaty Rivera | Making Sense from the Noise

Apr 16, 2026 52m Transcript

In this episode, infectious disease epidemiologist and science communicator Jessica Malaty Rivera reflects on what it means to help people make sense of science in the midst of uncertainty. Drawing…

205. Cool Creatures | Lemurs

Apr 02, 2026 42m Transcript

What if one of our closest relatives had taken a completely different evolutionary path? In this episode of Language of God, we continue our Cool Creatures series with a journey to Madagascar and…

204. Marilynne Robinson | Something Vast and Inexplicable Happened

Mar 19, 2026 52m Transcript

Genesis has long been a flashpoint in conversations about science and faith. Is it history? Poetry? Theology? Some combination of all three? For decades, BioLogos has returned to this ancient text as…

203. Sabrina Little | Run in Such A Way

Mar 05, 2026 1h Transcript

Elite ultra-runner Sabrina Little has logged national titles and set the American record for the greatest distance run in 24 hours. But for her, the real significance of running isn’t found in podium…

202. Becoming the Answer | Something is Stirring (Part Two)

Feb 19, 2026 40m Transcript

The second episode turns toward resilience—without pretending that the climate crisis is solved. At COP30, amid formal speeches and stalled negotiations, the episode highlights moments of disruption,…

201. Becoming the Answer | Why Climate Facts Aren’t Enough (Part One)

Feb 12, 2026 37m

The story begins in Brazil at COP30, the United Nations climate summit, where global leaders gather to address climate change. From there, it steps back to ask a deeper question: what kind of problem…

200. Seeking Wholeness in a Fractured World

Dec 18, 2025 45m Transcript

A season of reflection led us back into years of past conversations, where unexpected threads began to intertwine. In this episode, we bring those threads into conversation with each other—voices…

BONUS | Live from COP30

Nov 20, 2025 15m

Jim and Colin report from Belém, Brazil and the halls of COP30.

199. Spiritual Yearning in Science

Nov 13, 2025 47m Transcript

In a world that has sometimes been called “disenchanted,” we have to ask, does science really strip the world of mystery—or might science actually awaken us to something deeper? Sociologist Brandon…

198. Cool Creatures | Ferns

Oct 30, 2025 48m Transcript

You might think of ferns—if you think of them much at all—as the unassuming and understated members of the plant world. What could they teach us about philosophy or theology or wonder? It turns out…

197. Rebecca Copeland | Wicked Problems and Unoriginal Sin

Oct 16, 2025 54m Transcript

Theologian Rebecca Copeland joins Jim Stump to talk about how we think about sin in a world full of wicked problems—complex, interconnected issues like climate change, inequality, and mistrust in…

108. Debra Rienstra | The Discipline of Hope

Oct 02, 2025 57m

Our best scientific models make it clear that society needs a big change at a global scale in order to limit irreversible damage—what good can individual actions and attitudes do in the face of this…

196. Cool Creatures | Ticks

Sep 18, 2025 48m

Ticks are among the most detested creatures in all of nature—but what happens when we look closer? In this Cool Creatures episode, Colin follows Calvin University professor Will Miller and some of…

195. Rob Dunn & Aminah Bradford | The Spirituality of Paying Attention

Sep 04, 2025 1h 2m

What happens when a theologian and an evolutionary biologist walk into a lab together—one asking questions about God through the strange world of microbes, the other studying the tiny ecosystems in…

194. Sy Garte | Life’s Deeper Logic

Aug 28, 2025 1h 3m

Far from the old picture of life as a mindless, mechanical process, new research is showing that even the simplest organisms—like bacteria—exhibit signs of purpose, agency, and decision-making.…

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