When life falls apart, where is God, and does the oldest book in the Bible have any answers? In this episode of Faith and Science, host Kaysie Vokurka explores the Book of Job and the problem of evil, asking why the best answer to pain is sometimes a relationship rather than a reason. It’s a thoughtful look at suffering through a biblical worldview, with evidence for God drawn from what science still can’t explain, and a practical example of Christian apologetics for anyone wrestling with doubt.

Dr. John Ashton, author of The Big Argument: Does God Exist?, takes on the common claim that the existence of suffering and evil disproves a loving Creator. Drawing on chapter 12 of his book, he walks through the story of Job, including the heavenly challenge over whether love can be genuine rather than bought, and God’s response of pointing Job to the wonders of creation. His conclusion is that the unsolved mysteries of life’s origin and the universe’s formation point to a Creator who is worthy of our trust, even when we don’t have all the answers.

In this episode, you will hear:

- Why Satan’s challenge in Job raises the question of whether love can be bought, and what it means for God’s judgment of character
- The true story of a husband at Julian Rocks, Byron Bay, who paddled between a great white shark and his wife on their honeymoon
- A young doctor in Virginia who, while dying, urged her attacker to accept Jesus, and what Dr. Ashton makes of “why her?”
- How God’s questions to Job (“Were you there when I created snow?”) echo today’s unanswered science on the origin of life and the universe

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Was Jesus just a good moral teacher, or did He make claims that leave no room for that label? In this episode of Faith and Science, we examine the famous "liar, lunatic, or Lord" argument as a case study in Christian apologetics, weighing the evidence for God found in the life, miracles, death, and resurrection of Christ. We also look at why the identity of Jesus is foundational to a consistent biblical worldview, including how it connects to the origins debate.

Dr. John Ashton, author of The Big Argument: Does God Exist?, takes on the popular claim that Jesus can be admired as a great moral teacher without being accepted as God, a position C.S. Lewis argued is not logically available. He explores Jesus' "I am" statements, the weight of evidence from His miracles and kindness, and the Old Testament prophecies and symbols that point to the cross. His conclusion is that Jesus' claims, character, and resurrection fit together only if He is who He said He was, and that this is the one coherent answer to the problem of evil.

In this episode, you will hear:
• Why C.S. Lewis said Jesus cannot simply be called a great moral teacher, and why the "lunatic" option collapses against the weight of evidence from His life.
• How the Bible, written by over 40 authors across more than 1,500 years, tells one coherent story, from Moses' bronze serpent on a pole to Christ on the cross.
• How Psalm 22 and Hosea described the scene of the crucifixion hundreds of years before it happened, 1,000 years before in David's case and 700 years before in Hosea's.
• Why Richard Dawkins' sharp retort, "So Jesus died for a myth," exposes the problem with theistic evolution and its picture of death before Adam.

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Why would an all-powerful, loving God allow evil to exist instead of wiping it out immediately? In this episode of Faith and Science, we go beyond the story of the forbidden fruit to explore the fall of man and the cosmic rebellion in heaven that changed everything. Drawing on the evidence for God and a biblical worldview, we unpack why truth, free will, and love are inseparable from God's response to sin — and how Christian apologetics helps explain the strange mix of good and evil we still see in the world today.

Joining host Kaysie Vokurka this week is Dr. John Ashton, author of The Big Argument: Does God Exist?, who brings decades of scientific and biblical research to one of humanity's oldest questions. Atheists like Richard Dawkins insist the universe is the product of blind chance with no true good or evil, yet even they recoil at real-world atrocities — revealing a universal moral sense that a purely material worldview struggles to explain. Dr. Ashton traces this inconsistency back to the biblical account of Lucifer's fall, showing how the angel's desire to become equal with God introduced the first lie into a universe built entirely on truth. The conversation lands on a striking conclusion: this built-in moral awareness points not to random chaos but to a designed order — evidence that evil is not proof against God, but proof that we live in enemy-occupied territory within a universe He is actively working to redeem.

In this episode, you will hear:

Why even outspoken atheists like Richard Dawkins can't escape an innate sense of right and wrong — despite arguing it shouldn't exist
The two specific lies Satan told in the Garden of Eden, and how the same pattern still drives moral confusion in society today
The real reason God didn't instantly destroy Satan after the rebellion in heaven, and what it reveals about love, trust, and free will
Firsthand missionary accounts of spiritual warfare and demonic activity — and why the search for "life out there" may be overlooking the supernatural battle already happening here on Earth

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