Does science disprove God? That leading question may have been popular among Christianity’s opponents as recently as two decades ago. But it’s not a question you hear skeptics ask much these days. Why? Because increasingly, science is doing the opposite—providing compelling evidence that God’s existence is real. If you truly “follow the science,” you can’t really avoid God.

A fascinating new documentary, out in theaters for one week only, gives an overview of what’s changed. The film is called The Story of Everything and I wrote a review of it this week at TGC. Lee Strobel serves as an executive producer for the documentary, and I had a chance to ask him a few questions as exclusive content for this newsletter.

Read our Q&A:

“Follow the science” has been a slogan of the secular left in recent years, but this movie demonstrates that if you follow the latest science in particle physics, molecular biology, etc. you will wind up at God. The film beautifully shows that science is a friend to faith, not an adversary. Where else do you see science as a benefit to faith, apologetics and evangelism today?

Lee Strobel: Because of scientific discoveries over the past 50 to 80 years, belief in God is now more supported by the evidence than any other time in history. If I were still an atheist, the kind of scientific data presented in this film would convince me that there is a Creator who matches the description of the God of the Bible. In my view, the only way to avoid that conclusion is by refusing to engage the science.

This has created an entirely fresh avenue for Christian apologetics. Whereas once neo-Darwinism was a knee-jerk argument against the existence of a Creator, now the data from cosmology, physics, and biochemistry make belief in God not only rational but compelling. These days when someone seeks to use science to discredit Christianity, it’s obvious at the outset he or she is using outdated arguments.

How might everyday Christians, pastors, and apologists use this movie as a jumping off point for conversations with their secular, agnostic, or atheist neighbors? What are some other resources you can point people to that help make the case that science and faith actually aren’t in opposition?

Strobel: I hope Christians will watch this film to deepen their own faith but will also invite their spiritually curious friends to attend the movie with them. Then afterward they can hang out at a coffeehouse and discuss what they’ve experienced together. No doubt the movie will generate all kinds of questions among spiritual seekers. This would be a great opportunity to read together a book that takes the next step in presenting the evidence for a Creator—perhaps Stephen Meyer’s book Return of the God Hypothesis, on which the movie is based. My books The Case for a Creator and Is God Real? might also be helpful resources.

Let’s face it: there’s a considerable amount of curiosity about spiritual matters these days. In fact, 200 times a second, around the clock, someone on the planet is typing into a search engine basically the question, “Is God real?” And as this movie demonstrates, today we have better evidence than ever that there is a Creator.