Christians need to be doing much more to rescue our children from the culture—a culture that continues to erode the authority of God’s Word. Our theme for AiG this year is “Standing Our Ground, Rescuing Our Kids” (Galatians 1:4). The urgency of this message—one that I’ve been giving for over 30 years—relates to a sobering study from Barna Research and the American Bible Society.
Recently, the Religion News Service reported the results of Barna’s annual study on the “State of the Bible.” The results are disheartening, but they also reveal why gospel-spreading ministries like Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum are so desperately needed today. The RNS report explains the results this way:
The drop in those who are, according to Barna’s study, “friendly” to the Bible is another confirmation of how more and more people are doubting the inspiration and authority of Scripture. You see, there are many churches whose leaders teach that Christians can mix millions of years and evolutionary ideas with Scripture. And that’s a step on the slippery road to unbelief because it teaches young people to doubt the truth of Genesis—and consequently they may go on to doubt the whole of Scripture, including the gospel! Once the door is unlocked to add man’s ideas (like evolution and millions of years) into the Bible, then those who have been taught this compromise increasingly take more of man’s ideas and add them to Scripture (e.g., reinterpreting what marriage is, for instance). Thus, fallible man becomes the authority—not God! Really, it is man doing what the serpent told Eve: “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3:5).
Our sin nature is such that we want to be our own God instead of being submissive to the one true God! Sadly, in our era, evolutionary ideas have been used to generate doubt and unbelief in this and coming generations—resulting in many walking away from God’s Word as truth.
I encourage you, if you haven’t read Already Gone, to order it from our online store today!
We’re called to raise our children in the Word of God, and to share the gospel with unbelievers. Equip yourself to do just that with the many free articles on answersingenesis.org and the great resources in our online store. Let’s capture the hearts and minds of our children for the Lord, before it’s too late!
And don’t forget to do your best to bring as many kids as possible to the Creation Museum this year for our kids free program. This is all a part of AiG helping to rescue kids from this secularized culture that is increasingly antagonistic to Christianity.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken
This post was written with the assistance of Steve Golden.
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