From: gordon brown (gbrown@euclid.colorado.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 18:26:47 EDT
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 douglas.hayworth@perbio.com wrote:
>
> We run up against YEC-type "literalism" in so many places. For example, I'm
> currently leading a group bible study here at work, going through Rick
> Warren's _Purpose-Driven Life_. Although I agree with the _overall_
> theology of the book, there are snippets of poor interpretation. For
> example, in describing the story of Noah as an illustration of one who
> pleased God because he believed and obeyed him, Warren writes the
> following:
>
> "There were three problems that could have caused Noah to doubt. First,
> Noah had never seen rain, because prior to the Flood, God irrigated the
> earth from the ground up (Genesis 2:5-6)."
>
It is very discouraging that certain pastors whose ministry has so much to
commend it and who have influence over so many people prefer to get their
teachings on certain issues from Henry Morris rather than by careful study
of the Scripture.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
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