“Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking ‘This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in; it fits me rather neatly, doesn’t it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well! It must have been made to have me in it!’” —Douglas Adams

One needn’t be a theist to note that the entire universe appears perfectly suited for advanced life on Earth. But, much like the puddle analogy, was the natural emergence of life inevitable? Or was the cosmos intentionally fine-tuned by a Mind for the purpose of advanced life—specifically humanity?  Fuz and Steve welcome heavy hitters, physicist Paul Davies and astronomer Hugh Ross to field their questions on cosmic design. Of course, the audience has questions of their own. 

Picture a Sunday school class where the teacher has just made the statement, “The Bible is God-breathed and has no errors.” An eager student raises his hand, then the questions begin to flow: Then how was there light before the sun was created? What about talking animals? Why did Jesus say the mustard seed is the smallest? Didn’t he know about orchids? In this episode, no punches are pulled as Steve brings challenges about commonly held biblical “errors” to Fuz, a PhD biochemist and EVP at a ministry that explores the integration of science and the Christian faith.

Part 2 of this controversial conversation kicks off with the question: Is God pro-slavery? Dr. Josh Bowen returns to join Steve, Fuz, and new guest Dr. Joe Miller to finish what they started. This time, we dive deep into questions like: Were slaves treated like property or hired servants? Did slaves benefit from constraints found in Old Testament law? And—the biggest question of all—Why only offer constraints instead of outright condemning slavery altogether?