In anticipation of my essay being met with resistance by
certain of my brothers and sisters in Christ, I want to assure readers that I
believe the Book of Genesis to be the revealed Word of God. I write this blog for the sake of the
lost. By “lost” I do not mean those who
reject the 24-hour-day interpretation of Genesis (I reject such an attitude
which de-Christianizes “old-earthers”).
By “lost” I mean instead the multitudes of people who find it impossible
to consider the claims of Jesus Christ because certain outspoken Christian groups
equate true belief in God with embracing
an utterly discredited view of the cosmos.
Such pressures force people to choose between believing in God OR using
their brains, a decision that the Bible never remotely demands. The “young earth” view is in fact refuted by
a host of measurements (distances to the billions of other galaxies measured in
light years, etc.) that have absolutely nothing to do with Darwinism. Because I do believe that Genesis is entirely
true, in the three blogs that will follow, the final two titles will be changed
to “Reconciliation, Truth, and the Bible
Too!” But it is urgent first of all
that Christians repent of the kinds of logical fallacies and interpretational
and exegetical errors that have placed a major stumbling block in the way of receptivity
to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. How
tragic it is that Christianity is largely sidelined today in the face of our
decaying secular culture, especially since full-bodied Christianity has the
truth on its (our) side! We Christians ought
rather to suit ourselves up for the offence in the face of the present battle! Hence, the necessity for the first of three installments that will be
posted soon. Stay tuned.
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