It matters what Christians believe about Genesis.
Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis (A.I.G.) has helped me understand why it matters whether or not Christians believe what Genesis says about the creation of the heavens and the earth.
Do we accept God’s eyewitness testimony about His creation, or do we allow man’s interpretation to rule instead?
The Devil led Adam and Eve to sin by questioning God’s word. “Did God really say…?”
The Devil is still using what Ken calls a Genesis 3 attack on God’s word. Now he is getting us to question whether God really created the world in six 24-hour days.
He is very cleverly using the words of scientists to intimidate us with the false dichotomy of “God or Science.” Nobody wants to be branded as “anti-science.”
Our schools have adopted the religion of atheistic naturalism. Darwinian macro-evolution is taught as if were scientifically proven. The Bible is characterized as mythology. These factors no doubt contribute to the 60%+ attrition rate of our young people abandoning the faith.
If Christians accept the Darwinian assertion that the earth is millions of years old, we are telling our children that we don’t trust God’s word on the subject of the creation. We should not be surprised that they have stopped trusting the rest of scripture.
Answers in Genesis has answers to the skeptics’ questions about creation.
We need to equip our kids with answers to the questions asked by those who are hostile to God.
According to the A.I.G. website https://answersingenesis.org/
“Answers in Genesis is an apologetics (i.e., Christianity-defending) ministry, dedicated to enabling Christians to defend their faith and to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ effectively. We focus particularly on providing answers to questions surrounding the book of Genesis, as it is the most-attacked book of the Bible. We also desire to train others to develop a biblical worldview, and seek to expose the bankruptcy of evolutionary ideas, and its bedfellow, a “millions of years old” earth (and even older universe).”
A.I.G. produces and disseminates comprehensive research. It employs or otherwise collaborates with a wide range of scientists, including Dr. Georgia Purdom (PhD in molecular genetics – Ohio State University) Dr. Gabriela Haynes (Ph.D. in Geology/Paleontology – Federal University of Ceará State in Brazil), and Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson (PhD in cell and developmental biology -Harvard University).
Please check out Ken’s presentation: “Communicating the Christian Message in a Secularized Culture,” where he gives a succinct explanation of the new obstacles our culture poses to preaching the Gospel in it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRcY08hMg0&t=1483s
Conclusion
There are scores of Godly men and women toiling in the Apologetics vineyard. A.I.G. is tending one of the rows that, in my opinion, has been somewhat neglected.
I encourage you to add their ministry to your list of resources.
Thank you!
Michael Oswald
Michael Oswald is a follower of Jesus who lives in Boise, Idaho. Unless otherwise specified, the opinions expressed in this article are his own.
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