Biblical Creation and Evangelism

People are shocked — shocked , I tell you — when they are told that particles-to-piccoloist evolution is religious in nature. Objections ensue that it is science  and there are no gods involved. Like the dishonesty of atheists denying that atheism is a religion , they use only one definition of religion and ignore the rest . Further jolts to many is that not only is evolution an ancient religious belief thousands of years old, but that the apostle Paul debated them in Acts 17:22-34. Yes, the Epicureans were predecessors of Charles Darwin. Made at  Break Your Own News , background image  St. Paul Preaching in Athens ,  Raphael, 1515 Also involved were the Stoic philosophers who apparently had some acceptance of gods. Stoics believed that salvation is mastery of one's emotions. (In my studies, several self-control concepts are echoed in Proverbs and other places in the Bible and are more fully realized than in Stoic ideas.) Epicureans essentially said that their founde...

Biblical creationists oppose the material from Dr. Hugh Ross, and with good reason. When debating or otherwise critiquing the position of an opponent, one must accurately represent the other side's views. This is especially true of Christians lest we dishonor the Lord. Ross rejects biblical creation science and affirms an old earth, and is a proponent of the absurd local flood . This alone defies not only logic, but science as well. It also denies Scripture, essentially calling Peter, Jesus, and others liars. He also believes in a pre-Adam race of men which is...truly bizarre. Floating book, Unsplash / Jaredd Craig For a new book, Ross did not do his homework and clearly does not understand what he is writing about. He waves off the credentials and research of biblical creation scientists as if none of that existed. Indeed, his straw man work requires him to build a fake scenario, then build additional absurdities upon that. Creation science ministries take Ross at his word when h...