The Science & Faith Podcast

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Isaiah 48 emphasizes God’s sovereignty through fulfilled prophecy and His patience with a stubborn people, while Dr. Tour highlights that true understanding of Scripture comes not just from study but from God opening one’s heart and mind through His Spirit. He urges believers to seek personal, Spirit-led insight where Scripture becomes living, transformative truth. Watch the whole series and more...

James Tour shares how encountering Christ and daily meditation on Scripture transformed his life, bringing peace, clarity, and purpose even within a scientific career. He emphasizes that consistent time in God’s Word reshapes the heart, strengthens faith, and leads to a more fruitful and impactful life. Interview conducted by Dannah Gresh of Revive Our Hearts https://www.reviveourhearts.com

Teaching on Isaiah 47, Dr. Tour explains God’s judgment on Babylon for pride, cruelty, and lack of mercy, emphasizing that those who reject or oppose God after knowing the truth face serious consequences. He concludes that the way to remain faithful is to deny oneself, take up one’s cross daily, and follow Jesus with consistency and humility. WordPress: https://jesusandscience.org/wp-admin/ Watch...

In his teaching on Isaiah 46, Dr. James Tour contrasts powerless idols with God, who carries His people from birth to old age, proving His sovereignty by fulfilling prophecy and bringing salvation. He challenges listeners—especially the young—to trust God’s unchanging nature and boldly serve Him early in life rather than waiting. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://you...

Dr. James Tour teaches on Isaiah 45 explaining that God clearly revealed Himself to Israel and ultimately provided the perfect example for how to live through Jesus Christ. Salvation is offered to all people—both Jews and Gentiles—through faith in the resurrected Christ, while idols and human works cannot save. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamesto...

Dr. James Tour expounds on Isaiah 45, focusing on how pride—symbolized by Satan’s fall from beauty—corrupts wisdom and leads to hardship, and explores Isaiah 45:18’s implication that God created the earth with purpose rather than as a waste, which ties into the “gap theory” interpretation between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drj...

Through his teaching on Isaiah 45, Dr. Tour explains that Christian salvation isn’t about personal fulfillment but about being saved to do good works and serve God’s purposes, using Isaiah 45’s prophecy about Cyrus and New Testament examples to show God’s sovereign plan for believers. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to sup...

In part 99 of his study on the book of Isaiah, Dr. James Tour expounds chapters 44–45, explaining how God prophetically named and used Cyrus centuries before his birth to deliver Israel from Babylon, emphasizing Scripture’s power to encourage, guide and apply personally through meditation and faith. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you wo...

Dr. James Tour explains Isaiah 44’s call to repentance, assuring that God forgives sin, redeems His people, and can turn curses against them into blessings because of His love. He emphasizes that sin drains spiritual life, but repentance brings forgiveness, restoration, protection, and joyful praise as God fulfills His promises to redeem Israel. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube chann...

Dr. James Tour explains Isaiah 44 as showing both God’s blessings and call to Israel—warning against pride and spiritual rebellion, recounting God’s promises of renewal and identity as His chosen, and contrasting the folly of idolatry with God’s sovereignty and redemption. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to support us in c...

Teaching on Isaiah 43, Dr. James Tour emphasizes that God invites believers into deep fellowship with Jesus and offers complete forgiveness of sins “for His own sake,” urging listeners to know Christ personally, move beyond past failures, and embrace God’s ongoing work in their lives. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to sup...

In this sermon, Dr. James Tour explains Isaiah 43’s message that God calls His people out of spiritual blindness and deafness, fulfilling prophecy in Christ and urging believers to seek God’s revelation rather than reject it. Dr. Tour contrasts Old Testament prophetic context with New Testament fulfillment, emphasizing that God opens the eyes of those who earnestly seek Him. Watch the whole series...

Dr. James Tour teaches from Isaiah 43, emphasizing that God is Israel’s Redeemer who calls His people by name, promises His presence through trials, and assures ultimate deliverance and fulfillment of His covenant promises as the only true Savior. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to support us in creating more content acros...

Dr. James Tour argues that origin-of-life models fail at multiple foundational steps—making life’s core molecular classes, assembling them, and producing coded biological information—making “chance chemistry” an implausible explanation. He urges more honest textbook framing and research directions that start from living cells rather than speculative prebiotic stories. Watch the whole series and mo...

Teaching from Isaiah 43, Dr. Tour argues that biblical prophecy supports the modern state of Israel’s existence—even in unbelief—as part of God’s plan, interpreting multiple Old Testament passages (like Isaiah 11 and Ezekiel) to assert there are two gatherings of Israel: the first being the current return to the land and the second a future national repentance and restoration surrounding end-time...

Dr. James Tour expounds on Isaiah 42, teaching that God’s judgment on a disobedient Israel (and by extension all who reject God’s ways) results from their failure to hear, obey, and walk in His Word, and emphasizes the need for personal introspection and obedience to avoid destruction. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to su...

Dr. James Tour interviews author and social critic Os Guinness about American Agonistes.

Dr. Tour teaches that Jesus Christ fulfills Isaiah 42:5–7 as the Messiah who is not only Israel’s covenant but “a light to the nations,” opening spiritual eyes and offering forgiveness and salvation to all people — Jews and Gentiles alike. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to support us in creating more content across our di...

In this conversation, Dr. James Tour and researcher Kimani Isaac explore what truly determines whether deep-tech companies succeed: strong management, realistic thermodynamics, disciplined commercialization, and relationships built on trust. Drawing from decades of patents, startups, and lab-to-market experience, Dr. Tour explains why technology rarely fails—but leadership often does—and how susta...

Dr. James Tour introduces Isaiah 42 by identifying God’s “servant” as the Messiah — one beloved by God, endowed with His Spirit, who will bring justice, mercy, and deliverance to all nations, protect the weak, and lead a redemption culminating in hope and salvation. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:   http://youtube.com/@drjamestour If you would like to support us in creating...

Dr. James Tour emphasizes that Isaiah 41:10’s promise — “Do not fear … I will strengthen you … I will uphold you with my righteous right hand” — provides believers with lasting comfort, strength and assurance whenever life becomes overwhelming. He reminds Christians to trust God’s presence and power rather than giving in to anxiety or fear. Watch the whole series and more on our Youtube channel:  ...

The Isaiah series will resume next week. Dr. Corey Miller warns that America is undergoing a soft cultural revolution driven by Marxist-inspired ideologies that have captured the universities, eroding Christian faith and Western values, and issues an urgent call for Christians to reclaim higher education through apologetics, parental discipleship and cultural engagement. He argues that politics is...

A Cambridge Q&A where James Tour, Andrew Fellows, and Stephen Meyer explain why Christianity best accounts for reality—through personal experience, philosophy, and science. The panel fields audience questions on meaning, doubt, divine hiddenness, the reliability of mind, and the resurrection. This event was organized and hosted by Life in the Round, a project of The Foundations Trust in Cambri...

In Isaiah 41, God puts idols on trial, showing their inability to predict or explain history while affirming His sovereignty through fulfilled prophecy—particularly the naming of Cyrus centuries before his birth. Dr. Tour emphasizes Israel’s restoration as a fulfillment of God’s unbreakable covenant with Abraham, contrasting divine faithfulness with human forgetfulness and idolatry. Watch the whol...