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Follow the Science
By: Lisa Boisvert
Thursday, October 29, 2026
God, the Lord, created the heavens and stretched them out. He created the earth and everything in it. He gives breath to everyone, life to everyone who walks the earth. Isaiah 42:5 (NLT)
Many years ago, I decided to follow Jesus. I struggled at first because my education was secular and I'd been instructed to "follow the science." I was also told that people of faith didn't believe in science, they only relied upon mythology.
My grades in school were excellent, so I didn't want to ignore science. Ironically, in my quest to be well educated, I believed every scientific theory I was being taught. I didn’t realize it, but my religion of choice was science. I dared not question anything I was taught, I relied on the priests of my religion (scientists) to enlighten me.
When I became a Christ follower I faced a giant dilemma. How could I possibly accept what the Bible said about the creation of the world, the creation of man, or anything that contradicted science? To me, accepting the bible meant I was falling into mythology and ignorance… Therefore, I set out on a personal quest to reconcile science with my new faith.
One of the first things I noticed was that both creation and evolution were called theories, even by secular scientists. I already knew theories were educated guesses based upon what someone believed to be true. But all theories are unproven, so they aren't facts! Yet the theories of evolution and creation were being taught and treated as being factual.
A secular scientific theory that is still be taught as factual is called "the big bang theory." This theory claims an incredibly tiny point called a singularity suddenly exploded and expanded into our universe. But God's Word says something completely different:
My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together. Isaiah 48:13
The prophet Isaiah lived approximately 700 years before Jesus. Most people in his time (and for centuries later) believed the earth was flat. Scientists even drew maps that depicted ships falling off the edge of it. Yet God prompted Isaiah to write this:
He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth, and its people are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a canopy... Isaiah 40:22
Christ-follower, are you struggling to reconcile science with your faith? Scientists are only beginning to understand what God's Word told us all along. Trust God, because if He didn't say it, it's just a theory! When we follow God, we are following His facts instead of theories.