Discovery Science is not a Confessional Lutheran channel and Dr. Michael Behe is not a Confessional Lutheran; however, Confessional Lutherans may find this podcast interesting.
Almost 30 years ago, Dr. Behe published Darwin's Black Box, in which he discusses what he calls Irreducible Complexity and how Darwinian evolution does a poor job of explaining it.
When a system is irreducibly complex, it is comprised of numerous interdependent parts. If one of the parts is removed, the system does function less well. No, if one of the parts is removed, the system ceases to function at all. Behe uses the analogy of a mousetrap. If one of the components of a mousetrap is removed, the mousetrap does not continue to function less efficiently; but rather, it does not function at all.
Similarly, numerous biological systems are irreducibly complex. Some of these are discussed in Behe's first book.
Since publishing Darwin's Black Box, Behe has published other books. His most recent, A Mousetrap for Darwin, is discussed in this 22-minute podcast.
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