In 1 Peter 3:15 we are instructed to "Always be
prepared to give an answer," and yet most Christian are unable to
reconcile the conflicts that exist between scientific naturalism and the
Bible, and defend their faith through logic, reason, and empirical
evidence. Using recent surveys to demonstrate the impact of the
worldviews conflict on young people, this message hopes to inspire
apologetics education to stem the loss of faith.
This message will also address the conflict that
exists between the scientific age of the Earth and the Biblical age.
Was Adam not a real man, or was he created by God from some evolved
ancient ape-man. Many Christians hold to one of these views to
reconcile naturalism with the Bible, and presume the flood of Noah
was merely a local event. Succinct answers to these questions are
provided, along with an encouragement to trust in the Bible as
authoritative on early Earth history.
This sermon was recorded during the Sunday evening
service at Cedar Park Church in Bothell Washington
(http://cedarpark.org) on April 27th, 2014.
About the Speaker:
Christopher Wayne Ashcraft, M.S., M.Ed., MTMS
is a
creation scientist, speaker, and educator. He obtained the
Bachelor of Science in biology from Wayland Baptist University in
1989, a Master of Science in
biology
from Texas Tech University in 1996, and a Master of Education from
the University of Washington in 2008, and is currently a fulltime
graduate student at Seattle Pacific University.
Chris was a research technician for 12 years
specialized in
plant
tissue culture and genetic transformation technology, and is now a
high school science teacher at
Cedar Park Christian
Schools where he teaches
Biology,
Chemistry, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and
Creation Apologetics.
He moved from research into teaching in response to
serve
God in
creation science missions. He is firmly committed to researching
and teaching
creation apologetics and speaks periodically at churches,
schools, and creation organizations in the Northwest
United States. He is the founder of the
Northwest Creation Network and the
CreationWiki internet encyclopedia where he serves as senior
administrator. He also organizes the
Seattle Creation Conference
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