Well here’s a post I never thought I would be writing. I’ve written a four part series on the scientific evidence of a global flood. I’ve written a different four part series on the scientific evidence for creation. I’ve written a post about climate change for an evolutionist v. creationist worldview. So you can imagine my surprise when my yearly review for the Christian homeschool organization came back with something along the lines of need to integrate a Biblical worldview in all classes.

I sat there and reflected on the evaluation. I will admit that the majority of my teaching has been at universities where I had better not integrate any Biblical worldview whatsoever. That’s part of why I had been so excited to teach for this organization. Then I realized, it’s very easy to integrate a Biblical worldview when we’re talking about animals, the scientific method, rock layers, binomial nomenclature, dinosaurs and dragons (the kids’ favorite topic – and one of mine), reproduction, and microbiology.

But when I’m explaining how plants use vascular bundles to get nutrients? Why leaves have stomata that release CO2? Why chemical bonds work? What the water and carbon cycles are? Why DNA and RNA and proteins are so important? How do I integrate a Biblical worldview in something that seems so tiny that the only way I’ve been able to integrate it in the past is: God designed it that way.

Obviously, that’s a correct answer, but I’m supposed to be integrating it at least three times in the class. How do you see God’s creation in how plants reproduce? (In case you’re wondering, yes, I really am not a botanist and always dislike that module of biology).

How do you integrate a Biblical worldview into a topic that (to me, at least) doesn’t have an obvious Biblical explanation?

This is something that I am trying to be better with this academic year. While the chemistry module spans several classes, I can only find a couple of Bible verses that directly talk about chemistry (Proverbs 25:20 and Daniel 2:43). Again, plants unfortunately span several classes, and only a couple of verses talk about trees taking up water through their roots (Jeremiah 17:8 and Psalm 1:3). There are no verses about DNA and RNA and how they make proteins with codons and anticodons. The design is so intricate there is no way it could have happened by chance: it only points to a Creator. But how many times can I say that until the kids in the class start tuning me out?

How does one align a Biblical worldview with in-depth biology topics that are not specifically mentioned?

Maybe…maybe I can’t. At least, not in the way that I have been trying to.

Chemistry: God calls us to be the salt and the light – good old NaCl…why would God want us to be salt?

Plants: God says he is the vine and we are the branches and we have to bear fruit – how can a plant bear fruit if there is no vascular bundle to get nutrients? What is the “vascular bundle” for Christians?

DNA and RNA and Proteins: God knitted and formed us in the womb, showing that He created our genetic code, and through the processes of transcription and translation, we see the results of that code. Lineages were kept all throughout the Bible, showing the importance of genetic history.

You have no idea the amount of time I spent very concerned that I didn’t have a Biblical worldview when it came to teaching parts of biology. I searched Bible Gateway for keywords and phrases – searching for verses that explained the different aspects of biology. But I think I’ve been going about it the wrong way. Sure, the Bible never explains the difference between hydrogen and ionic bonds. But it does explain how believers should have an attraction to the things of God – a parallel to the chemical bond. I’m finding out that as I’m going back through my lessons and revising them through the lens of a Biblical worldview, my own belief will be strengthened. The Bible may never cover specific biology concepts – but there is a relation, just not the way I had been looking for.

If you have any tips or suggestions on integrating a Biblical worldview when there seems to be no connection, please leave them below!

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