Last month I had the privilege of speaking in Australia during my ‘vacation’ there to visit family. After returning to the USA I read this article in ‘Christian Today’ and thought it would be good to post. Here are some excerpts: “I recently had the privilege of attending a talk at my church given by Ken Ham (President / CEO and founder Answers in Genesis-US and the Creation Museum). Ken is a biblical apologist, author of many books such as The Lie: Evolution, and he is someone who continually defends the accuracy and authority of the word of God (The Bible). It was great to see how passionate he is about his ministry. One of the things Ken spoke about that evening was that the book of Genesis forms a critical part in the foundation of the Christian faith. It contains key principles such as the creation of the heavens and the earth, the creation of man in God’s image, marriage and the birth of sin (Genesis 1-3). For many years, schools have taught children that Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution is true. This I believe has partly contributed to a number of young people leaving the church. I for one can relate to this issue. Twenty years ago, I would never have thought I would be sitting here today a Christian, and believing that God created us. As a teenager living in Zimbabwe, the first thing I was taught in my history class was that human beings came from apes. Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was proof of the origin of life and human beings. Although I grew up in a non-Christian home, we often attended church, so I had been exposed to the biblical notion that God had created the world. However, towards the end of secondary school, I began to question the truthfulness of the bible given the “evidence” for the theory of evolution. Africa was the “cradle of mankind” because the oldest fossils were found in Tanzania in support of this theory. On the contrary, evidence was never brought forward to support the claims of the bible, and so I concluded that the bible was untrue. This brought about confusion in my mind and further pushed me to disbelieve in the existence of God…Given that the book of Genesis has key principles for Christianity, can we compromise on the account of creation? Can we add or subtract any part of this account as we please? Would our compromise impact our understanding of the rest of the bible and the gospel of Jesus Christ?” I would encourage you to read the entire article as the author gives personal testimony and teaching concerning the issues of evolution and Genesis. au.christiantoday/article/compromising-genesis-diminishes-the-authority-of-gods-word/17094.htm
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 09:00:00 +0000