What Will Not Change in 2026

A lot has happened in the US and the rest of the world during 2025. Israeli hostages were returned from Gaza; the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities; school shootings took the lives of a number of children; children were killed as a result of a flood in Texas; violence has erupted many times in various US cities; battles over biological men in women’s sports continue to get headlines because of the transgender issue; there are rumors of possible wars; and so much more.

Yes, changes seem to be happening all around us. It would be easy to become despondent over what is going on in the world. But there are two major things that never change.

In considering these things, we need to learn and apply the lesson from the parable of the 10 minas:

Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, ‘Engage in business until I come back.’” (Luke 19:11–13 LSB)

The application of this parable is for Christians to be reminded that God has entrusted various resources to each of us. He may entrust gifts like teaching, preaching, music, financial resources, and so on. We need to be using these gifts to invest in the kingdom, being faithful stewards of what he has entrusted to us.

So the first of these two main things that never change is this: No matter how bad things seem to be, we as Christians need to make sure we “engage in business” (the business of the King of kings) until King Jesus returns.

The real answer to man’s problems is God’s Word and the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The second thing that never changes is the solution to the world’s problems. After Adam sinned, God offered us a solution, promising to send a Savior (Genesis 3:15). Government is not the answer. Legislation is not the answer. (Now, we do need Christians in government, on school boards, etc., to vote in accord with a Christian worldview and thus be salt and light. But they can only hope to provide partial, temporary solutions to certain issues.) The real answer to man’s problems (including our biggest problem—sin) is God’s Word and the gospel of Jesus Christ. This has never changed and never will change.

At Answers in Genesis, we battle against the attacks on the authority of God’s Word, particularly the attacks on Genesis 1–11 that have been prevalent in the era we live in, and we equip people of all ages (using apologetics) to know how to defend the Christian faith—all to be as effective as possible in proclaiming the truth of God’s Word and the gospel to as many as possible.

So we will continue to use the resources God has entrusted to us, doing all we can to invest in the kingdom by impacting as many as possible with God’s Word and the gospel, until the King returns. That will never change at Answers in Genesis, no matter what happens in the world.

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