23rd September 2013
In this edition, Noel Due ACC 2013 conference speaker presents the first part of his paper on post-modernism and the Word, highlighting changes in society and issues in the church. Rod James considers the controversial subject of same-sex marriage. A collection of news and articles rounds off the edition with Peter Bentley penning two movie reviews that look at the somewhat now old-fashioned idea of letter-writing and also providing a reflection on an infamous USA serial killer who was also a church member.
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The letter ‘Creation and evolution’ (September 2014 edition) seems somewhat confusing given the debate about debate is not really an issue, especially when we consider the comment “an argument they were bound to lose as knowledge increased”.
Truth always actually wins an argument in spite of what people may think. Just because a majority may yell the loudest, makes no difference to what is true. As has been said before, even if no-one believes for instance, that God exists, makes no difference to the fact He does exist, and conversely, even if everyone believes that something which is not true, is true, makes no difference to the fact it is false.
The evolution versus Creation debate is not about whether anything evolves or not, but rather about whether the ridiculous theory that says life came about by a cosmic big bang, or some other fanciful idea which at its core seeks to do away with the existence of God, is true or not. Note the comment about the “recent work in genetics”.
What is not needed is “that we must read the early chapters of Genesis in a different way”. Far too many in the church have been doing that for a long time anyway. That is basically why the necessity for the confessing movement in the church.
What must be borne in mind in regard to evolution as being the source of life is that this belief completely cuts across the essence of the gospel. As Ken Ham points out in several books, the Bible clearly teaches, death only came about because of man’s sin.
The general theory of evolution indicates life and death over millions of years, so this is easily seen to be false in the light of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. If there was no death as a result of sin, Jesus did not need to die on the cross.
Trevor C Carter SA
(published in March 2014 ACCatalyst)
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