'Let's Just Focus on Jesus' - Part One

If you were to take a stroll through an impoverished neighborhood and hand out free lottery tickets or $100 bills, you would not likely meet any resistance from local residents. You might also think that if you approached a Gospel-preaching church, offering a free creation seminar, you would be enthusiastically welcomed with open arms. But all too often, this is not the case.

Many say something like, Why does it really matter how or when God created everything, as long as we believe that He is the Creator? Lets just focus on Jesus thats all that really matters.

Recently a large evangelical church stated from the pulpit, Whether a day is a thousand years or however long it took doesnt really matter. We need to get to the gospel where it really counts.

In my 24 years of ministry experience, Ive found that many churches feel that if they take a stance on the creation account, it will look as if their church rejects science and is out-of-touch with reality, still living in the dark ages. The Ben Stein movie Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed depicts this phenomenon within the scientific community. Any who dare to question evolution (let alone speak of biblical creation) are mostly castigated, ostracized and relegated to the ranks of the unwashed masses. The result is that many scientists who do question evolution in private remain very quiet about it throughout their professional careers. Thankfully, some are taking their chances and speaking out ...