Once Upon a Time
by Kathy Brown on June 26th, 2009 | 0 comments
A few days ago, our first grandbaby boy, Noah, was born. As I looked in amazement at his eyelashes all lined up, his fingers and toes properly sized and his head full of hair that knew its boundaries, I thought about how orderly this universe is. And I wondered how anyone could really believe there is no Designer, no God.
In fact, there are few who are true atheists. The creation shouts of a God who has faithfully, in exquisite detail, made the material world. That acknowledgement, however, does not result in a consensus of who that Creator is. Identifying this Master Mind breaks along two lines which lead to entirely different conclusions: (1)God is in me (He is what I say He is). (2)God is outside me. (He is who He says He is). It doesn't take a world class debator to argue that if there is a God, He isn't you or me! So, we are left with figuring out where to find the identity of this God outside man. There are only three religious worldviews with a theistic perspective: Muslim, Jewish or Christian.
Each one of these claims to have a book(s) that reveals the Truth of who God is. If, after studying the origins, contents and historicity of each, the Bible emerges as the revealer of the one True God, then what it espouses is right.
This brings us to wonder why there are Christians who are evolutionists. The Bible does not teach that time plus matter plus chance made the reality we see. This formula for Evolution is the only foundation for atheists. It entitles them to be pro-abortion, practicers of eugenics and of utilitarian care of human beings.
The Christian's beliefs rest on the Biblical foundation that God created everything, and "luck" had nothing to do with it. His people are called to repudiate any idea of evolution as contrary to reality and scientific evidence. This matters because a multitude of consequences follow the dive off of an evolutionary platform. Likewise, standing on God's precepts propel pro-life views, equality for all races and protective care for the old and handicapped.
When we take our children, or (even better) our grandchildren, on our laps to read them a story, it's a good thing to talk to them about the real "once upon a time." We have an opportunity to repeat a fairytale or help set them straight . . . and don't forget the ending: it's possible to live happily ever after.
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