FREE PUBLIC EVENT: White Rock Baptist Church invites the public to a talk with Arnold E. Sikkema (CSCA Past-President & current Executive Director; Professor of Physics, Trinity Western University).
Science and Christianity: The Heavens Declare the Glory of God
Modern science has allowed us to explore the wonders of this vast cosmos, created by God as a home for all of his creatures ranging from quarks to humans to galaxies. Considering the stunning views we receive from the James Webb Space Telescope encourages us to lift our eyes to the heavens that declare the glory of God. This provides a backdrop for questions that many Christians have about science. What can we learn about the God of heaven and earth when we consider the works of his hands? What is the place of science in our Christian life and witness? What are the proper limits of science and of the Bible as we navigate issues and challenges in the church and society? How has the relationship between the church and science developed over time? These and other questions will be explored through this presentation.
Snacks and coffee are provided afterwards. This event is co-sponsored by White Rock Baptist Church, CSCA’s Vancouver chapter, and Trinity Western University’s Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences.
Arnold Sikkema is a professor of physics at Trinity Western University (since 2005), and the executive director of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation (since 2018). He obtained his BSc in physics and mathematics at the University of Waterloo and his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of British Columbia in 1997. After a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Florida, he taught at Dordt College for eight years and has been at TWU since 2005. His research is in Reformational philosophical approaches to physics and its relations with mathematics and biology. Arnold and his horticulturist wife Valerie have three adult children, three young grandchildren, a poodle, a canoe, and two kayaks, and are members of Faith Presbyterian Church in Surrey/Vancouver, where Arnold teaches an adult Sunday school class for newcomers to Canada who are learning English.