{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cedarville Stories","title":"S13:E20 | Georgia Purdom: AiG Creation Scientist","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1925,"description":"From a Curious Teen to a Confident Voice in Creation Science\n\nBorn a Buckeye near Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Georgia Purdom grew up in public school where she got a solid education — but something was missing. The classroom instruction didn’t point to the Bible, and the lessons never once started with Scripture. Even as a teenager, Georgia knew she wanted more than just academics — she wanted truth grounded in God’s Word.\nThat desire led her to Cedarville University, a Christian college nestled in the heart of Ohio, where she graduated in 1994 with a degree in biology. It wasn’t just the labs and lectures that shaped her — it was the biblical worldview woven into every subject.\nOne Truth That Changed Everything\n\nYears later, on a return visit to Cedarville’s campus, Georgia had a moment that would shape the rest of her career. She realized the truth that death didn’t exist before sin — a foundational biblical principle — and it struck her deeply. That idea, rooted in Scripture, turned her thinking upside down and lit a fire in her heart. If you start with the Bible, everything — from science to society — makes a whole lot more sense.\nFrom the Lab to the Lens of Scripture\n\nToday, Dr. Purdom serves as the Vice President of Educational Content at Answers in Genesis, where she’s not only teaching others but also defending the faith with a scientist’s eye and a believer’s heart. She serves as an expert on Answers News, a video YouTube program, where current events and scientific discoveries are unpacked through the lens of Scripture. Whether she’s diving into debates about evolution or discussing the impact of artificial intelligence, she brings clarity by always starting with God’s Word.\nWhy She Believes What She Believes — and Helps Others Do the Same\n\nHer work is about more than sharing facts — it’s about helping people understand why they believe what they believe. Georgia knows that the world throws a thousand messages at Christians every day, but her advice is simple...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/DtZmcnx82N1df9dALVT2NHww6UHVLaJQmWrZTmC2seY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM3ODkvMTU2NjM5/ODUwNi1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}