CRU Update

Last Friday, we continued our series in CRU of looking at some tough questions that many of us have regarding the Christian faith. Mr Nicholls reflected for all of us on the question of “How do Science and God relate?” He quite insightfully said that they go very well together!

Many of the early scientists were in fact Christian people trying to learn more about the wonderful world that God has given us. We can marvel at the deep intricacies of the universe and how things work, which point us to a God who has made these things.

Yet, we were also reminded that in some ways, Science and God are looking at different questions. While Science will generally look at the big ‘how?’ questions of life, the Bible often looks at the question of ‘why?’. As Mr Nicholls said regarding the Genesis account, the Bible is keen for us to understand that the reason why the world exists is because there is a God behind it all.

We can start to get the big answers to these ‘why?’ questions when we bring God into our thinking. On the other hand, we can also be thankful for the intellect of many who point us to the amazing world in which we live.

Reverend A Benn
Chaplain