Dr. Stan Heck

Dr. Stan Heck embraces both the findings of modern science and the ancient wisdom of the Sacred Scriptures to make sense of our world. Scientists tell us that:

• Life has evolved from single-celled creatures to plants, birds, fish, and humans over billions of years.
• We humans have become the dominant species on our planet because we can cooperate to achieve our goals with our language and problem solving skills.

God tells us through the Bible that:

• God made the world out of over-flowing love for us.
• Life has meaning; we are all called to reflect the compassion of God to others.
• “All you need is love!”

Like the Jesuit Chardin and the scientist Francis Collins, Dr. Heck sees the intersection of science and the Bible, not as a clash of incompatible worldviews, but as the best path to a deeper understanding of life, love, and community. Dr. Heck has written From the Big Bang to the Bible to show how the sciences can help us appreciate our evolution while Genesis makes clear, not how, but why God made the world.