I have no qualms with what you are saying, but there is a time for
everything. People ought to know where we stand, we should not be ashamed of
our faith. However, on the question of origins we have to go to the
foundation, which is whether the question of origins is indeed a scientific
question or not. Some assume that it is, I assume that it is not. Herein
lies the philosophical discussion that Phil Johnson keeps emphasizing.
Take care,
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendee Holtcamp <wendee@greendzn.com>
To: Moorad Alexanian <alexanian@uncwil.edu>; asa@calvin.edu <asa@calvin.edu>
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: Phil Johnson's agenda
>
> Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>>
>>The scribes knew that only God could forgive sins, did Christ, therefore,
>>compromise His nature by saying to get up and walk? Certainly not! His
>>purpose was to show His authority by performing a miraculous cure.
>>I see the attitude of Philip Johnson somewhat the same. If I can defeat
the
>>argument of the philosophical evolutionist without bringing Scripture into
>>the picture, then why not do so? Remember in some crowds once you bring
in
>>Scripture you are branded in order to weaken your case, why give the enemy
>>ammunition when you do not have to do so?
>
>I think you make a very interesting point. As a Christian, every single
>thing we do should give glory to God and lead people to Jesus (even without
>a word).
>
>I guess I tend to think about our mission as followers of Christ as
>different than "defeating" other viewpoints or philosophies, (or religions
>or non-religions), but rather as life-givers: seed sowers bringing hope to
>the despondent, love to the unloved, freedom to the prisoner (of one's own
>strongholds), sight to the blind and Truth to the lost.
>
>I have mentioned on the list before, but I think the 'parable of the weeds'
>makes it clear that as Christians, it's not our duty to "pick weeds" but to
>"sow seeds." If we spend our life stomping out all the weeds of incorrect
>thinking like philosophical evolutionists then how will the seeds of truth
>ever be sown? If we destroy the arguments of philosophical evolution in the
>21st century but don't *replace* it with the Truth of God's Word, then we
>have done nothing, or worse than nothing. Those people will simply turn to
>another belief system that goes against God's Holy Word, and the gospel
will
>not have been spread.
>
>We may think the task of gospel-spreading can be left to evangelists, but
>each Christian living out their life is a witness to others whether they
>realize it or not - we can either set a good example for what a Christian
>should do or a bad one that makes people think Christianity is a crock if
>Christians "act like that" etc etc. It's not to be saved that we obey God,
>it's to give God glory that we obey God's word.
>
>My best,
>
>Wendee