Ep. 246 - Dr. Janet Kellogg Ray ”Fish With Feet: Human Evolution and the Image of God” pt. 1

What if accepting evolution didn’t require abandoning faith?

Dr. Janet Kellogg Ray returns to The Deconstructionists to talk about her new book, Fish with Feet: Human Evolution and the Image of God.

Janet is a science educator, author, and Jesus follower who was herself raised within creationism. In her latest book, she tackles one of the most persistent points of tension between modern science and certain expressions of Christianity: human evolution.

In Part One of our conversation, we dig into the remarkable story of how life developed on Earth and eventually produced us—from our ancient aquatic ancestors to primates, early humans, and Homo sapiens. Along the way, Janet helps unpack some of the evidence for evolution found in fossils, anatomy, genetics, and even the strange imperfections built into our own bodies.

We also explore why human evolution remains particularly difficult for many Christians to accept, why familiar objections like “If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?” misunderstand how evolution actually works, and what happens when the scientific evidence appears to conflict with the way we were taught to read Scripture.

And underneath it all is a much bigger question:

If human beings are part of the evolutionary story of life on Earth, what does it actually mean to say that we are made in the image of God?

That’s where things get really interesting.

This is Part One of our conversation with Dr. Janet Kellogg Ray.

Fish with Feet: Human Evolution and the Image of God is available from Eerdmans Publishing and wherever books are sold.

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