The Fool and the Heretic is a deeply personal story told by two respected scientists who hold opposing views on the topic of origins, share a common faith in Jesus Christ, and began a sometimes-painful journey to explore how they can remain in Christian fellowship when each thinks the other is harming the church. To some in the church, anyone who accepts the theory of evolution has rejected biblical teaching and is therefore thought of as a heretic. To many outside the church as well as a growing number of evangelicals, anyone who accepts the view that God created the earth in six days a few thousand years ago must be poorly educated and ignorant--a fool. Todd Wood and Darrel Falk know what it's like to be thought of, respectively, as a fool and a heretic. This book shares their pain in wearing those labels, but more important, provides a model for how faithful Christians can hold opposing views on deeply divisive issues yet grow deeper in their relationship to each other and to God.

1. Why Darrel Is Wrong and Why It Matters2. Why Todd Is Wrong and Why It Matters3. Beautiful World, Beautiful Savior4. Too Good to Be True5. This Will Never Work6. Rescued by Brokenness7. The Bible Is History8. Stories Can Be True9. Overwhelming Evidence10. What about the Whales?11. Is Darrel a Heretic?12. Is Todd a Fool?