2993. The Scientific Vocation: Astrophysics – Dr. Paul Edmon, 10/17/23

Issues, Etc.

Lutheran Public Radio

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dr. Paul Edmon of Harvard University

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You can listen to our new audio book, I Trust When Dark My Road, A Lutheran View of Depression.
0:05.5	It's voiced by the book's author, Pastor Todd Peppercorn, and includes an introduction
0:09.6	voiced by Pastor Matt Harrison, President of the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.
0:13.8	Just go to issuesetc.org, enter your email address, and we'll send you a link to the
0:18.6	audio book, I Trust When Dark My Road, A Lutheran View of Depression.
0:22.8	Issuesetc.org, and enter your email address.
0:30.0	For a Christian that works in science, does it ever lead to a personal crisis of faith
0:45.5	to ethical challenges?
0:47.2	Is there a peer pressure in the scientific community on Christians from their non-Christian colleagues?
0:54.3	Welcome back to Issuesetc.org, I'm Todd Wilken.
0:56.9	It's time to begin a series, The Scientific Vocation.
1:00.4	Dr. Paul Edmund joins us today.
1:01.9	We'll talk about astrophysics.
1:03.9	He has a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Minnesota.
1:08.0	He helps run the Canon Supercomputer at Harvard University, and he's congregational president
1:12.1	of First Lutheran in Boston, and a member of the Board of Regents, for Concordia Seminary,
1:17.1	St. Louis.
1:18.1	Dr. Edmund, welcome back.
1:20.1	Glad to be here, Todd.
1:22.2	Generally speaking, what is the vocation of a scientist regardless of their field?
1:29.2	The vocation of scientists is to study the natural world that God has made, such that we
1:34.6	can understand it and better use the tools that God has given us to the glory of God, basically
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Lutheran Public Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Lutheran Public Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.