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When people speak about the so-called conflict between Christianity and science, they often ignore the fact that modern science itself was birthed out of a Christian worldview.

The conviction that the universe is rational, orderly, and accessible to human reason was not a pagan idea, nor was it a product of atheistic philosophy. It was nurtured in the soil of Christianity. Few individuals illustrate this better than Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), the German astronomer and mathematician whose discoveries laid the foundation for Isaac Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation.

Kepler’s life was marked by hardship, loss, and controversy, yet he saw his scientific calling as an extension of his devotion to Christ. He described himself as “thinking God’s thoughts after Him,” convin

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