[asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones?

Imagine this, you hear a report at church that 10 kids accepted Christ
in the 3rd grade Sunday School. Everyone claps.

Fast forward 10 years, and you hear that the kid who entered college
just left the faith because they now believe in evolution.

Who's to blame, the evolutionist who is teaching the lie of evolution,
or the church who says that evolution is a lie?

If it is the church's fault, then a group like Ken Ham's AiG who claims
to be doing "Creation Evangelism" is actually doing a form of
"anti-evangelization" by destroying the faith of those who learn the
truth of modern science. It is ironic that they think they are on the
"cutting edge of evangelism" while they may be actually destroying the
faith, by insisting that their theology must be received and modern
science rejected in order to be a real Christian.

This origins debate is so important, yet most churches don't talk about
it because it is "too controversial." Maybe we should be more concerned
with the truth and 'quality' instead of 'quantity,' afraid to upset the
apple cart.

I'm thinking more about this because I'm offering to teach a class at
church, and am anticipating the push-back... I think there is a faction
that wants to keep everyone in slumber.

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Received on Wed Jun 4 20:12:06 2008