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Can faith and science actually live in the same world? And do Christians have to agree on exactly how God created everything?

In the season finale of Not for Sunday Morning, Chris is joined by guest host Matt to go deeper into this week’s conversation about creation. They talk young-earth creationism, evolution, the age of the universe, how we interpret Genesis, and why the Bible can be true without answering every scientific question we might want it to answer.

But the bigger conversation is about what happens when Christians disagree. Can we hold our convictions without turning every secondary issue into a test of someone else’s faith? Can we admit, “I don’t know”? And have we become so focused on arguing about how God created the world that we’ve forgotten to stop and marvel at the God who created it?

And because it’s the final episode of the season, things naturally get a little weird. Platypuses. Extinct animals. Dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden. Behemoth and Leviathan. Aliens and UFOs. Whether animals died before the fall. And, somehow, Bigfoot makes an appearance.

It’s science, Scripture, theology, mystery, and plenty of rabbit trails as we wrap up another season.

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What do we actually mean when we talk about hell?

In this episode of Not For Sunday Mornings, Steve and Chris continue the “Questions Kids Ask” series by digging into one of the hardest questions Christians wrestle with: If God loves everyone, why is there hell?

They talk about how much of our picture of hell comes from Dante rather than Scripture, the different biblical words translated as “hell,” what Jesus actually taught about judgment, and why the story of the rich man and Lazarus matters. They also explore eternal conscious punishment, annihilation, universal reconciliation, purgatory, and the mystery of what happens between death and final judgment.

But underneath all of those questions is something much more personal: God takes our choices more seriously than we often do.

If hell is real, how should that change the way we think about God, our own lives, and the people we love?

It’s a difficult conversation, but an important one.

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Why do I keep messing up if I really love Jesus?

In this episode of Not for Sunday Mornings, Steve and Chris dig deeper into the struggle with sin, sanctification, grace, and what spiritual growth actually looks like.

Does struggling with sin mean you aren’t growing? What’s the difference between guilt and shame? How do you work hard at becoming more like Jesus without believing your effort earns God’s approval? And at what point does “putting sin to death” require more than simply praying about it?

We also get practical about pornography, alcohol, gossip, anger, materialism, accountability, and the uncomfortable reality that sometimes following Jesus means taking an aggressive step to remove something from your life.

The big idea: You aren’t fighting for an identity. You’re fighting from an identity.

You are going to mess up. The question is what you do next. Do you stay down in shame, or do you get back up and turn toward Jesus again?

Plus, golf, musical instruments, hospital visits Steve definitely did not make, big smelly onions, and why Romans might be harder to preach through than Leviticus.

Keep asking good questions.