Creation Evangelism in the coming Culture

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Creation Evangelism in the coming Culture

• A challenge to the Church to help her prepare
  for effective witness in the coming 21st Century
  Western Worldview

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OUTLINE

• P a r t 1
• Who wrote the Bible?
• What does the Bible teach about Creation?
• P a r t 2
• Battle of the Worldviews - Past
• Battle of the Worldviews - Present
• Battle of the Worldviews Soon!
• Creation will be vital to evangelism

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PART 2
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OUTLINE

• P a r t 1
• Who wrote the Bible?
• What does the Bible teach about Creation?
• P a r t 2
• Battle of the Worldviews - Past
• Battle of the Worldviews - Present
• Battle of the Worldviews Soon!
• Creation will be vital to evangelism

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Battle of the Worldviews - Past

• Darwinian Evolutionism
• v
• Bible

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Mag men science v miracles series - 4
Yes!
Yes!
Science proves this cant be true!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
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Mag men science v miracles series - 8
No!
No!
Science proves these cant be true, either!
No!
No!
No!
No!
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Mag men morality/salvation
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Biblical history of thousands of years
Millions of years
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Man must start with Gods written revelation
to determine truth
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6 days or millions years
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Millions of years pain, death, etc.
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Blocks - Creation/Evol. W/ Mill years
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DID WE LOSE THE PAST WORLDVIEW WAR?
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Q 897 Barna
In fact, even four out of every ten individuals
currently involved in a Christian discipling
process contend that there is no such thing as
absolute moral truth.
Barna Research Online, More Than Twenty Million
Churched Adults Actively Involved in Spiritual
Growth Efforts, May 9, 2000,
www.barna.org/cgi-bin/PagePressRelease.asp?PressRe
leaseID61ReferenceEKeymoral20truth
Q 897
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Q 898 Barna
The survey also revealed that only half of all
church leaders (53) believe that there are moral
truths that are absolute. While that is more than
the one-third of non-leaders (36) who hold such
a belief, it is substantially less than might be
expected among individuals who extol the Bible as
the source of moral truth.
Barna Research Online, Church Lay Leaders Are
Different From Followers, June 26, 2000,
www.barna.org/cgi-bin/PagePressRelease.asp?PressRe
leaseID65ReferenceEKeymoral20truth
Q 898
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Q 899 Barna
A minority of born again adults (44) and an even
smaller proportion of born again teenagers (9)
are certain of the existence of absolute moral
truth.
Barna Research Online, The Year's Most
Intriguing Findings, From Barna Research
Studies, December 12, 2000,
www.barna.org/cgi-bin/PagePressRelease.asp?PressRe
leaseID77ReferenceEKeymoral20truth
Q 899
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Blocks Termites 6 Days
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Battle of the Worldviews - Present

• Intelligent Design
• v
• Neo-Darwinism

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Enter Intelligent Design!

• The fall of Darwinian Evolutionism has begun
• The death-throes of the New Atheism!
• Praise God Share faith with confidence!

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DESIGN NOWINCONTROVERTIBLE

• Irreducible complexity
• Information Theory
• Bio-genetics

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HOW ARE WE DOING IN THE PRESENT WORLDVIEW WAR?
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What best describes your view of the
origin and development of life?
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Which description for the development of life on
Earth would you like to see taught in science
lessons in UK schools
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WHO IS THE DESIGNER?

• We cannot stay at I.D.
• We must declare an originally very good creation
• We must declare a space-time fall
• Or else.
• Worse than no God at all!

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Battle of the Worldviews - Soon

• Spiritual Evolutionism
• v
• Bible

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TRENDS

• Spiritual BUT not biblical
• Re-introduction of occult and science
• Tampering with Life

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WHY 6 DAYS / 6000 YEARS FOR EVANGELISM?
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Castle Problem w/mill. Years
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Castle Solution w/mill. Years
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NEW HEAVEN NEW EARTH

• Only a very good Creation gives hope for a
  perfect New Creation to be continued?

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New Creation Evangelism in the coming Culture

• A challenge to the Church to help her prepare
  for effective witness in the coming 21st Century
  Western Worldview

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ANY QUESTIONS?

• What do you think?