Taking the Gospel to the Heart of Texas Ranch Country

Speaking to 44 Farms cattle ranchers, Dr. James Tour reflects on family, scientific research, origin-of-life challenges, and his Christian faith, arguing that science has not explained abiogenesis while urging listeners to meditate daily on Scripture. He closes with personal stories of conversion, creativity, prayer, and the practical impact of Scripture on work, marriage, and service. --- If you'd like to support our work and help us create more content across all platforms, we'd be grateful for any contribution. 🙏 Learn how to give at jesusandscience.org/donate. God bless you! Donate: 💝 jesusandscience.org/donate Research Page: 🔬 jmtour.com Facebook: 📘 facebook.com/drjamestour Instagram: 📸 instagram.com/drjamestour X/Twitter: 🐦 x.com/drjamestour TikTok: 🎶 tiktok.com/@drjamestour YouTube: ▶️ @DrJamesTour Discord: 💬 https://discord.gg/zUgBMKjk2p 00:00 Intro, family, and rancher joke 03:40 Family support and career pressure 05:59 Overview of Tour lab research 09:18 Nanocars, companies, and graphene 12:02 Origin of life: textbook problems 14:35 Public myths about abiogenesis 16:29 Four building blocks of life 18:24 Meteorites and mass transfer 20:09 Amino acids, RNA, and sugars 22:32 Ad hominem attacks and RNA stability 24:39 Protein folding and cellular complexity 27:09 Can scientists build a simple cell? 29:07 Textbooks and moving goalposts 32:25 Thriving through Scripture meditation 34:16 Daily Bible habits and John 1 37:03 The Word became flesh 40:01 Faith, prayer, and the Purdue seminar 43:22 Loving enemies and praying for rivals 46:25 Marriage, makeup, and Proverbs 48:12 Hospitality and open-home ministry 50:49 Scripture, humility, and kings 53:19 Scripture as life, not idle words 54:58 Creativity, Bezalel, and asking God 57:42 Peace through practice 58:52 Resurrection invitation and contact 1:00:20 Q&A and respect for ranchers 1:01:10 Tour’s conversion testimony 1:05:07 Staying close to God through Scripture 1:07:04 Closing prayer and final invitation