God Did It……….But How?

I subscribe to Christianity Today magazine.  Many times I have been tempted to write……either pro or con to an article which caught my attention.  This time however, I was quite disturbed by a recent article written by Carolyn Arends. She is a Christian singer, song writer, as well as a contributor to Christianity Today.  Here’s my response to her recent article in the November issue.  See if you agree with me.

                   God Did It.

The article by Carolyn Arends…..”God Did It” was interesting although fraught with danger.  I always enjoy her writing and her discernment on matters of faith, however, this time she missed the mark.

 Her son was sincere in his desire to know the truth of creation.  He read Genesis 1 and 2, as inspired.  His view of an Almighty Creator who made the heavens and the earth; divided the waters and made a completed human, says it all.  Is this too simple?

Billy Graham, notwithstanding, errs in his belief that the Bible is not a “book of science”.  I am not a scientist but I do know that Scripture itself is replete with scientific principles.  No, it isn’t a text book…..but we are finding more and more evidence which proves that our Creator did not need eons of time for the creation process.

Evolution itself involves death and decay from the beginning.

 Here’s the heresy. If atheistic evolution is correct, then death is a good force through which only the fittest survive.  Death, therefore, is not “the wages of sin” and that our Lord’s death was not necessary for salvation.  Therefore as Billy say, “The Bible is a book of Redemption.”  Yes, from the sin of the first man and woman…not from the primordial slime, which produced death and decay.