By Michael Peabody –
“Honoring God Through Science and Scripture” by Alberto Valenzuela, published in the February 2026 issue of the Pacific Union Recorder, reads like a peace treaty. It opens with a lab scene and a chapel scene, then promises you can keep both without friction. It argues that science and Scripture are “two lenses” on one reality, and that conflict comes from confusion, bad teaching, or unnecessary extremes. In practice, the piece does more than soothe nerves. It gives readers a method. It claims to teach you how to classify Bible claims as “theological” so they do not collide with modern origin stories taught as science.
The Recorder article treats evolution as a valid scientific account of “how life has developed,” while placing “why” and ultimate purpose in theology.
Criticizes “creationism” being taught as science and warns that it confuses theology with biology.
Cites Christian authorities who affirm evolution as compatible with belief in God, including a reference to Pope John Paul II’s comments about evolution being “more than a hypothesis.”
Uses transitional fossils like Tiktaalik as evidence, and pushes back on “gaps” arguments in a way that fits an evolution-friendly framework.
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