If you are interested in how a top rung scientist integrates a very evangelical faith with being a scientist then Francis Collins new book The Language of God is right up your alley.  Collins who headed the human Genome project has written a book that as a non scientist I found absolutely enthralling.  Sandy and I listend to Collins read the audio version of his book this summer over vacation.  We came away from that time deeply appreciative of Collins personal honesty, integrity, and faith.

  While neither Sandy nor I agreed with Collins on every point he tackled some tough issues ranging from evolution, biblical authority, and the ethics of stem cell research.  All the while Collins gave crediible witness to his faith, an evangelical faith characterized by a personal relationship with Christ, which he came to after having been an atheist in his early years.  Especially influential in Collins' pilgrimage was C.S. Lewis whose apologetic is very much visible through out the book.

   Now all this said I believe what I found most intriguing was Collins explanation and defense of theistic evolution--a belief that sees God behind the evolutionary process while affirming scriptural authority.  If you've never come across this position Collins gives, in my reading to date, the best and clearest explanation of this view.  Regardles of whether you agree or disagree this makes The Language of God an important work for evangelicals.

Oh, and just as an FYI Collins is a Valley native.