2025-2026 Lecture Series on Evolution and Creation

The Affiliation of Christian Biologists presents a nine lecture series describing the compatibility between evolutionary science and the Christian faith. Each lecture in the series addresses a particular aspect of evolution that has often troubled people of faith, and provides insights from biologists, geologists, philosophers, and theologians on how evolution and Christianity can work together seamlessly.

For a full lecture description, speaker biography, and a registration link, please click on each lecture topic below.

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Lecture 1: Understanding Evolution: Addressing Common Misconceptions about Evolutionary Science

• Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
• Time: 7:30-9:00 pm EDT
• Speaker: Keith Miller (geologist)

 

Lecture 2: Echoes of Time: Evidence for an Ancient Universe and Earth

• Date: Thursday, October 2, 2025
• Time: 7:30-9:00 pm EDT
• Speaker: Stephen O. Moshier (geologist)

 

Lecture 3: Introduction to the Science of Evolution: Mechanisms and Evidence of Life’s Transformation

• Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2025
• Time: 7:30-9:30 pm EST
• Speaker: Ryan Bebej (biologist)

 

Lecture 4: Genesis and Creation: What the Bible Really Says

• Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
• Time: 7:30-9:30 pm EST
• Speaker: John Walton (Bible scholar and theologian)

 

Lecture 5: God's Providence and Natural Processes: Design in “Randomness”

• Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2026
• Time: 7:30-9:00 pm EST
• Speaker: Deborah Haarsma (astrophysicist)
  

 

Lecture 6: Adam, Eve, and What the Bible Has to Say about Human Origins

• Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
• Time: 7:30-9:30 pm EST
• Speaker: John Walton (Bible scholar and theologian)

 

Lecture 7: Human Origins and Uniqueness: Insights from the Fossil Record and Genetics

• Date: Thursday, March 12, 2026
• Time: 7:30-9:00 pm EDT
• Speaker: Richard Potts (paleoanthropologist)

 

Lecture 8: The Problem of Evil: Suffering, Death, and a “Very Good” Creation

• Date: Saturday, April 18, 2026
• Time: 2:00-3:30 pm EDT
• Speaker: Bethany Sollereder (theologian)

 

Lecture 9: Embracing Science and Faith in Harmony: A Fireside Chat with Francis Collins

• Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
• Time: 7:30-9:00 pm EDT
• Speaker: Francis Collins (geneticist and physician)