If the Ocean Has a Soul Quotes

“Science and faith may do different things along their search for Truth, but like the water that flows between low and high tide, we need them both. To judge one without the other is to forsake half the wonders we are meant to experience.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Much like the perspective and creativity of an artist is revealed through their art, the character of God can be revealed through everything he has made.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Humans were designed to be the choir directors of creation's praises to God... And the tremendous biodiversity of creation lends rich harmonies to this choir's praise of our Creator. The greater the ecological diversity, the greater potential to maximize praise.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Through continued exposure, Scripture can become like a favorite dive site. As much as we may come to recognize its words, it unceasingly offers up surprises from its pages-- treasures of discipleship to teach, rebuke, correct, and train us so that we might become equipped for every good work.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Just as a well-aimed telescope can clarify that what appears to be empty space is actually filled with heavenly glory, science has the power to uncover bits and pieces of the workmanship of God. Science enlightens the heats of those who love its creator.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“A cold, vast universe feels foreboding until informed by the reality of God's loving character. The dark, bizarre ecology of the deep sea seems terrifying until we recognize who created it. What initially filled one with fear now results in open-mouthed wonder.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“We can be assured that if God has called us to something, he goes with us. He jumps off the boat beside us... He goes to the depths of his ocean with us.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Knowing and loving God functions for a Christian the way that good training functions for a scuba diver. It teaches us. It trains how we see and respond to the world. It is represented in the decisions we make-- even the smallest ones.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“When I went about my work as usual and expected to experience nothing else, my day was filled with the mundane... But when I entered the water determined to keep my eyes peeled, to see the underwater world for all its God-created splendor, then my day was filled with beauty.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science

“Just as science without faith is landlocked, faith without science floats on the surface.”
― Rachel G. Jordan, If the Ocean Has a Soul: A Marine Biologist's Pursuit of Truth through Deep Waters of Faith and Science