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Letter from Ken, May 2012

Sun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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This is an exciting letter for me to write to you this month.

I’m sure you sometimes get weighed down (as I do) by the continual string of sad news regarding the spiritual state of the church and our nation. For example, we all know about the terrible exodus of young people from the church. We published the book Already Gone to present the eye-opening results of a study conducted by America’s Research Group as to why about two-thirds of young people are leaving the church.

The researchers found (among other things) that most churches and Christian homes were not teaching young people how to defend the faith—how to be prepared for the secular attacks of our age. Pastors and Sunday school teachers weren’t giving them the vital apologetics training so that their young people would be equipped to stand boldly and unashamedly on the Word of God . . . and answer the skeptical questions of this age that cause them to doubt and ultimately disbelieve God’s Word.

These results compelled AiG to step out in faith and produce additional much-needed curricula that is biblical-authority based, with an apologetics thrust, and, of course, evangelistic.

As part of this teaching vision of ours, we also determined to produce an entire three-year, fully integrated Bible curriculum for pre-school through adult called Answers Bible Curriculum (ABC). Well, after months of development, ABC has gone to the printer!

I thought you would be encouraged to read some wonderful feedback as to how AiG curricula and other materials are already helping God’s people raise up generations of dedicated young adults who can make a difference for the Lord in this culture. I also want to share testimonials we’ve received from those who have been able to see (and even try) the coming Answers Bible Curriculum.

Laying the Foundations

Recently AiG supporters used AiG’s new Foundations DVD curriculum with young people in their church. They were SO excited at the responses and sent us an email:

“Listed below are some of the comments made by our group of young people in regard to the Foundations series . . . . It is information that you do not derive by attending church or even in Sunday school. It goes so much deeper, which is why we called our group Digging Deeper. . . . As you will see from the comments, the young people definitely feel they are now more prepared as they continue in their daily walk and their educational process.”

Here is just some of the exciting, representative feedback from this group—clearly demonstrating that this approach, using AiG resources, is sorely needed:

“Before this series I had trouble standing up for the hope that I have. That was very unfortunate because I’m a talker. I’m very quick to want to jump in a conversation, but would find myself falling short in words on this subject.

“Not anymore! I now have no trouble answering someone’s questions about my faith or the Bible and standing up for the hope I have. I can now more effectively witness to non-believers and my brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you so much.” (B.C., high school junior)

“The Foundations series has taught me how to intelligently defend my faith. I am so grateful for this as I make my transition into the college world and come into contact with many people who can ‘intelligently’ argue against my faith.” (S.E., high school senior)

“I have thoroughly enjoyed [the Foundations] series. It has boosted my confidence in being ready to give an answer.” (C.J., high school junior)

“Foundations really made me ponder different things about why I do believe the Bible and how to defend my faith. It really made an impact.” (T.J., 8th grade)

“WOW! Never knew ‘genes’ could help me explain the reason why there is just ONE race. Thanks . . . for giving me a better understanding.” (K.G., college freshman)

“The Foundations lessons have really helped me be able to better explain why I believe Christianity is the way. With what we have learned, I have been able to defend my points when conversations arise about why I’m a Christian.” (T. L., high school senior)

We are receiving more and more encouraging testimonies like these as an increasing number of churches are adopting AiG’s VBS curricula and other biblically based apologetics curricula that AiG produces.

A Trial Run that “Rocked the World”

Recently, AiG gave a church the opportunity to do a trial run and provide crucial feedback for one of the three-month sections of the soon-to-be-released Answers Bible Curriculum. At the end, the excited teachers told us that the children were upset! Why? The youngsters didn’t want to go back to their old curriculum because they had learned so much from ABC!

After AiG’s recent Children’s Leaders’ Conference, where the Answers Bible Curriculum was explained in detail, we were told that the ABC approach (i.e., teaching with creation/biblical authority apologetics included) “rocked the world” of an experienced Christian curriculum writer—and that he’s committed to taking the information learned through ABC and apply it to his own curricula in the future.

This ABC curriculum is so needed. It has been over two years in writing, editing, and illustrating, and we now have sent the first two quarters of the curriculum to the printers. We are all excited at what we already see the Lord doing as teachers and entire Sunday school departments prepare to teach this 3-year, chronological, through-the-Bible curriculum—one that has all age groups studying the same Scriptures at the same time.

We are even seeing a lot of homeschool families signing up for one or two of the seven age groups! What tremendous help ABC will be, not only in church settings, but in homes as well. Think about it: parents and children will be able to talk together about the same Bible lessons as they sit at home, or travel on the road. Sounds a lot like Deuteronomy 11:19, doesn’t it?!

Pushing into the “Desert”

I don’t mind telling you it has been a very real struggle for us to produce this needed curriculum. For the immense size of this project and its various components, we really have only a small, but dedicated, staff who give so sacrificially of their time as they use their God-given talents. We are all driven by the fact that we see how great the need is, and how much of a “desert” there is in regard to the availability of Bible-teaching tools.

But we are so committed to this curriculum, and the potential of God using it to change countless lives for coming generations, we have decided to keep forging ahead as the Lord continues to lead. We are doing our best to come alongside the church to reach young people and adults for Christ, as we call the church away from compromise and back to the authority of Scripture.

There are not many Christian organizations prepared to take the stand AiG does.

As I often say to people, our daily battles remind me of the Israelites conquering the Promised Land—and God had them do it “little by little.” Well, that’s how we have been approaching the production of God-honoring resources—“little by little.” And we believe AiG is on the verge of making a huge impact on the church through ABC and the other resources God has burdened us to produce.

We urgently need your prayers and financial support for these effective creation/gospel outreaches. Please ask the Lord what you can give today to partner with Answers in Genesis.

Thank you for your partnership with us!

The “Disease” of Millions of Years

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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For an article in an upcoming Answers magazine, I wrote the following (slightly modified here):

“As an analogy, the idea of millions of years is like a disease (although we know sin is the ultimate disease/reason for the secularist position), and biological evolution is like the symptom. Many Christians are willing to deal with the ‘symptom,’ but not the ‘disease.’”

Here are some conclusions I have come to after 35 years of ministry.

Many Christian leaders think that as long as they reject biological evolution, then it doesn’t really matter about the age of the earth. These pastors and theologians believe that by rejecting Darwinian evolution, they have shut the door to compromise regarding the authority of the Scriptures.

The reality, however, is that by allowing for millions of years, these Christian leaders have kept a “compromise door” open. If that door is not completely shut, then the next generation of leaders will push the door open further.

This compromise has led to a catastrophic loss of biblical authority in the church (and culture as a whole)—which includes the devastating consequence of moral relativism permeating the church.

Did you know that more often than not, when the secular media report on our Creation Museum, sometimes the reporters don’t even mention our stand against evolution, but are more focused on the issue of the age of the earth/universe?

For instance, in 2010, one secular news source, in covering our Creation Museum and future Ark (see p. 3), stated: “The ministry, Answers in Genesis, believes the Earth is only 6000 years old—a controversial assertion even among many Bible-believing Christians…”¹

A 2010 Vanity Fair magazine article about the museum declared: “Science has given itself millions of years, eons, to play with, but the righteous have got to get the whole lot in, home and dry, in less than 6,000 years, using just a pitchfork and a loud voice. It’s like playing speed chess against a computer and a thousand people with Nobel Prizes.”²

When ABC TV’s Good Morning America broadcast live during the opening of the Creation Museum (May 2007), ABC reported: “Exhibits at almost every natural history museum teach that dinosaurs are millions of years old, and that they died out long before human beings existed. But at the Creation Museum, they say God created dinosaurs and humans at the same time…”

Why is the issue of time so important in the secular world? Well, without the supposed millions/billions of years, secularists cannot even propose biological evolution. An old age is absolutely crucial for the secularists in their attempt to explain life without God.

It is vital for Christians to understand that:

The Bible does not even hint of millions or billions of years. If you take the Bible as written, it’s obvious God created in six literal days. With the specific history given in the genealogical lists, it’s very clear that there have been only about 6,000 years of history since time began.
All dating methods devised by humans are fallible; they are based on fallible assumptions. The only true reliable dating method is the historical record that God prepared for us: the Bible.
When Christian leaders try to add millions of years into God’s Word, then they are making God responsible for death, disease, thorns, carnivory, and suffering millions of years before sin. The Bible makes it clear such things are a result of man’s sin!

Ultimately, the issue over the age of the earth/universe is one of authority: will it be fallible sinful man’s authority, or will it be God’s? Should we take man’s fallible understandings about the past and reinterpret God’s Word, or do we judge man’s beliefs against the absolute authority of Scripture.

The secular world has intimidated so many pastors and Bible college/seminary academics to believe in millions of years, for if they don’t accept an old earth, they will be accused of being anti-intellectual and anti-science. It’s largely a problem of academic pride.

Why such intimidation from the world? Because the idea of an earth that is millions of years old is the foundational religion of this age for secularists, who need to explain the universe and all of life without God. These atheists and agnostics must have billions of years to support evolution.

Compromising Christian leaders need to give up not only biological evolution, but geological and cosmological evolution (i.e., billions of years). I call on Christians everywhere to shut the door to this compromise that is undermining the church and culture. Indeed, we are seeing the collapse of biblical Christianity in the West as scriptural authority is questioned.

The idea of millions of years is like a disease in the church; biological evolution is just a symptom. Your support of AiG, with God’s blessing, will help prevent the disease from spreading further.

Letter from Ken, April 2012

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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I’m constantly amazed at how the Lord continues to use Answers in Genesis to touch the hearts and lives of people—in ways we could never envision. I think you’ll find the accounts to be quite inspiring.

In 2010, a great friend and colleague passed from this life to his eternal home with his Savior and Lord. His name was Professor John Rendle-Short (“Prof.” as we affectionately knew him). Prof. was the founding chairman of the creation ministry that began in our home in Australia over 30 years ago.

You probably have never heard of his name—but almost everyone will know something about a neurological disorder he helped diagnose (and for which he was honored by the Queen of England).

Here is an excerpt from the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper of Australia on Prof’s death:

“His pioneering research into the importance of early childhood autism diagnosis was ‘remarkable’ and praised around the world. Renowned Professor John Rendle-Short, who retired to Buderim in the late 80s, improved the lives of thousands of families with his passionate dedication to understanding the neuro-biological disorder.”

He was given the great honor of being made a member of the Order of Australia by the Queen because of his autism research. He was a professor in child health at the University of Queensland in Australia for 24 years.

And this brilliant man was a six-literal-day, young-earth creationist!

I wanted to give you this background because it’s such a blessing to find that the AiG ministry is being used to minister to children with autism. I’ve heard many testimonies from people whose children have varying degrees of autistic problems yet rejoice how the Lord has mightily used AiG to minister to their child.

I remember one family who told me they couldn't get their autistic child to learn the alphabet, but after the child fell in love with our book A is for Adam, he learned his ABCs. I believe God specially blesses those books that honor Him and His Word.

In addition, I have also heard parents tell me their autistic child really responded positively to the songs of AiG’s Buddy Davis.

My wife Mally and I have two nephews who are autistic (one with Asperger’s), so we do love to hear such testimonies of how AiG resources have helped these children.

Making “Leaps and Bounds”

As an encouragement to you, and to offer a small representation of how your support of Answers in Genesis is having an impact, I want you to read excerpts of a few testimonies I received recently on my Facebook page.

“Today at the Creation Museum we had the pleasure of seeing Buddy Davis!!! The last time we saw him was when you and Buddy came to Bible Baptist Church in Newark, OH. My oldest has Asperger’s syndrome and for a long while would not sing. He began to listen to Buddy’s music and [now] not only does he sing, but he plays the piano. His favorite song is ‘The Woodpecker Song’ :).

“Andrew has made leaps and bounds [in] progress in the last couple of years. He loves all things AiG and Buddy Davis. For Christmas he got the Buddy Davis songbook, so now he can play ‘The Woodpecker Song’ on the piano . . . !" (—L.P., 17 Feb. 2012)
“My son with Asperger’s loves Answers in Genesis magazine and looks forward to every issue! These kids are often riddled with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and so using subjects, these children are ‘obsessed’ with, we can get these special kids to read! I love the Creation Museum’s bookstore! My son has donated books he has outgrown to our local library so other kids who’ve never had access to the creation view can read all about it! Thank you for your specialized ministry, Ken Ham!” (—P.R., 18 Feb. 2012)
“My teen son has Asperger’s and he loves the Answers magazine and is so looking forward to when we can go to the Creation Museum. Science is not his favorite subject, but this way science is easy and he loves the Lord so it works out perfectly . . . !” (—J.R., 18 Feb. 2012)
My son is also autistic and he loves all the books AiG puts out. [He] is the one who always takes my Answers [magazine] as soon as we get it in the mail . . . .” (—P.C., 18 Feb. 2012)
I have a daughter with autism, now 13, and a son with Asperger’s, now 16, as well as a 15-year-old daughter. I grew up believing in millions of years and ‘old-earth’ creation. It was the usual story—I learned it in public school, the church never refuted it, and neither did the Christian college I attended (I earned a double BA and an MA there, but never heard evolution refuted). When my children were small and we decided to home educate, I met intelligent, educated home schooling moms who believed in a young earth and 6-day creation. I began to be aware of God working on my heart to show me that I would be accountable to Him for teaching my children truth, so I had better figure it out! I knew I needed to know more.

“Through a friend, I was introduced to AiG and borrowed—and later owned—the first 6 DVD Ken Ham lecture set. We eventually obtained A is for Adam, Creation Adventure Team DVDs, and a variety of other AiG materials. It was all incredibly eye-opening. Spectrum children tend to be very exact and need the truth the FIRST time around. You can’t tell them something incorrect and easily change it later! I am so glad I did not originally teach them evolution before I discovered the truth about Genesis 1–11!

“By the time our youngest daughter, who has autism, was 6, she had regained enough language to easily correct my mom on days of creation when my mom made an error while discussing what was created on which day!

“My daughter also had difficulty sleeping as a child . . . so I would often let her fall asleep on the sofa to a non-juvenile DVD of her choice. Two of her favorite choices were Where Did God Come From? and The Bible Explains Dinosaurs . . . .

“All of my children are creationists who are learning that the Lord will provide answers through His Word to every question they ask.” (—K.K., 18 Feb. 2012)

Reaching a Sin-Cursed World

I’m sure you, like me, are excited to read the above testimonies. And I’m sure that my friend, the late Prof. Rendle-Short, would be so thrilled to know that autistic children, who came to have a special place in his life’s work, are being reached by a ministry that he was an integral part of pioneering.

I just thank the Lord that He blesses AiG resources to help these children who have this serious problem in our sin-cursed world. What a blessing to know such young people are being reached with the message of God’s Word and the gospel through AiG.

I am reminded that the AiG ministry, and its many outreaches through the Creation Museum and faith-building resources, is reaching out around the world to touch hearts and lives for the Lord.

Your prayers and financial support enable AiG and its many ministries to reach millions for the Lord in this increasingly secularized world.

Thank you for being a part of this vital ministry of our day.

Letter from Ken, March 2012

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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Let me tell you about an “aha moment.”

I wish you could be there when people share their exciting testimonies with me—about how God has used Answers in Genesis to change their lives. I wish you could be with me as I read every thrilling email and letter, and listen in on every phone call we receive, with great, God-honoring testimonies.

From time to time in my monthly letter to you, I include a special testimony to encourage you to know how the Lord is using your investment to change lives and proclaim the gospel to even more people.

A scientist recently wrote to me; I think you’ll find it very uplifting:

I was first introduced to AiG about 5 or 6 years ago when a friend invited me to attend a local AiG conference hosted by a nearby church. We sat through a day’s worth of lectures and bought a whole stack of books and magazines to devour later. I spent the last few years intrigued by the information but never really experienced the “aha” moment.

That moment came when I had the opportunity to visit your Creation Museum for the first time with my husband this past fall. Even though I was familiar with AiG, I was not prepared for the personal experience that the museum would offer me. I was absolutely blown away by the exhibits!

We spent two full days there, reading all the [signs] we could . . . and even staying after hours to listen to guest speakers. The biggest thing I remember, though, is not any one particular exhibit or lecture, but rather the life-changing paradigm shift of worldviews that I experienced.

This scientist continued:

My academic background is biology. I graduated from Penn State with a biology/genetics & development degree . . . so I’m quite well-versed in molecular and cellular processes, as well as natural selection and evolution. I have always had a difficult time knowing what to believe about the origins of the earth and natural earth processes, given that the majority of my science teachers and professors were atheists, and, of course, were promoting their own agenda as well as the “universally accepted” science curricula.

However, when I attended the Creation Museum, somehow everything changed in my mind. . . . I’ll be honest and say that there are many topics that I still don’t grasp and some that I’d like to explore further. What changed in my mind was the realization [of what I] needed to know—knowing that God’s Word is absolute truth. Period.

It’s hard for me to admit that I am just now really starting to believe that, because I would like to say that I always have believed God. But the truth is that I didn’t fully believe God before. Now, I know that I can and I do, thanks to your ministry!

This spring or summer, I plan to visit the museum again with some [friends] who are members of my small group from church. . . . If it strengthened my faith in God and changed my worldview, it can certainly do the same for them!

Thanks again for all you do, for dreaming up a place like the Creation Museum and making it the spectacular place that it is. God is truly working through you and your staff to be able to bless this generation in ways never before possible.

I get so excited when I read such thrilling testimonies. And this is just one of hundreds and hundreds of such accounts I have received over the years. I heard so many testimonies at a recent seminar in New Jersey. God is mightily using AiG’s outreaches!

Falling Away in Christian Academia

At about the same time I was reading this letter from the scientist—of a life negatively influenced by the world but whom the Lord is changing through the AiG ministry—I was burdened at the publication of a new book by a Christian academic. Yes, the battle for hearts and minds is even going on within the church, not just the world.

The author, Dr. Peter Enns, is a professor at what is described as a Christian university (Eastern University in Philadelphia). He has just released a book intended to influence the church not to believe there was a literal Adam and Eve and that there wasn’t a literal Fall into sin. You shouldn’t be surprised, then, to learn the book’s title: The Evolution of Adam.

Beyond this heresy of not believing in a literal Fall, Dr. Enns in essence also accuses Jesus Christ of lying and being a sinner! Here’s how:

On January 31, AiG researchers posted an article on this site about a statement Dr. Enns wrote in The Evolution of Adam. We reported that Dr. Enns rejects Moses as the author of the Pentateuch. And in dealing with Bible passages where Jesus directly attributes the authorship of these books to Moses, Dr. Enns states:

“Rather, Jesus here reflects the tradition that he himself inherited as a first-century Jew and that his hearers assumed to be the case” (p. 153).

Our researchers wrote in their review: “The idea advanced by Dr. Enns here is known as the accommodation theory and was first advanced in the eighteenth century by Johann Semler, the father of German rationalism. The accommodation theory is very popular among liberal theologians and basically asserts that Jesus accommodated (accepted and taught) the various ideas of His day, even if they were wrong.”

Our writers added that according to the accommodationists, “[s]ince Jesus was allegedly primarily concerned with spiritual matters, He didn’t bother to correct some of their false historical or scientific beliefs because they might have sidetracked Him from His real message.”

Our AiG authors then state:

“So what’s the big deal if Jesus accommodated the errors of His day? Well, if Jesus taught error, then He would have lied to His listeners, in which case He would have been a sinner. If He unwittingly taught error, then He would have misled His followers, and would have been a false teacher.”

Our researchers further observed: “Either option leaves us with a Jesus who is sinful and less than God. If Jesus had sinned, then He could not have been the spotless Lamb who appeased God’s wrath by His sacrificial death on the Cross, because He would have needed to die for His own sins. If Jesus did not die for our sins, then we are still in our sins and are headed for an eternity in the lake of fire.”

Two Battlefronts

A book like The Evolution of Adam and its heresies serve to remind Bible-believing Christians that there are two battlefronts that are being played out every day:

AiG is doing our best to counter the pagan religion of evolution and millions of years that so permeates the education system and culture as a whole—and which has had devastating effects on the hearts and minds of millions of young people in our churches. But praise the Lord, just as with the testimony I shared at the beginning of this letter, the Lord is using AiG to get Christians “on fire” for Him.
Sadly, we have to engage in a battle within the church as an increasing number of Christian academics are now publishing a plethora of materials to convince people that they should deny a literal Adam, a literal Fall, a literal Genesis, etc.!

As I said to someone recently, “Who needs enemies from outside the church—when we have enough compromisers within the church to cope with?”

Well, the battle over the Bible’s authority is intensifying in the culture, including within the church. Please know that your partnership is enabling AiG to be more effective in bringing reformation to the church—and in sharing the gospel with the lost.

Thank you for your prayers and gifts that enable our many outreaches to continue the fight for the Bible’s authority as we “earnestly contend for the faith” (Jude 3)—engaging an increasingly secularized culture and church.

The Door’s Still Open

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

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And the door was shut. (Matthew 25:10)

So the Lord shut him in. (Genesis 7:16)

In the Matthew 25 passage referred to above, we read the parable of the ten virgins. Five wisely kept their lamps lit as they awaited the return of the bridegroom and five were foolish. From the context of this chapter and the preceding one, this passage helps expose the difference between nominal Christians (i.e., in name only) and true Christians.

John Gill, in his well-known Bible commentary, discusses the nominal and real Christians referred to in Matthew 25. He writes that there will be those who make “a profession of religion, and yet, at last, [will] be shut out of heaven.”

The word “virgins” in the parable describes those who are betrothed to Christ. Five neglected their steadfast preparation, and let their lamps go out and missed the joyful return of the bridegroom. They represent those who outwardly look like believers, but inwardly are not true Christians.

I have sometimes wondered whether the “foolish virgins” could apply to many church leaders/academics today—those who say they are Christians but have rejected the authority of God’s Word. They have relied instead on man’s fallible ideas to determine truth. These leaders may have never truly been born-again as the Bible teaches, and, among other things, have put their trust in “the scholars” or other religious leaders rather than the Word, Jesus Christ.

We must “keep our lamps lit” (Matthew 25) and also continue in our prayers for those who are not prepared for the return and judgment of Christ.

In essence, such “Christians” have placed their faith in the writings of man over the clear teachings of the Word—and also over many biblical doctrines, including the Fall of Adam and Eve into sin (Genesis 3).

Sadly, we are seeing more and more “false prophets” arising in the church today. These teachers deny the literal Fall and dismiss a sin nature inherited from a real Adam. Thus they ultimately deny the true, saving gospel that everyone needs to heed.

These church leaders and academics outwardly profess to believe in Christ, but like the false prophets of Jeremiah’s day (e.g., Jeremiah 23:9–40) and the Pharisees of Jesus’s day (Matthew 23:11–36), they are leading God’s people astray. One day they will find that “the door is shut.” It’s all so very sad.

I pray that none of the readers of this article would be counted among the “foolish virgins” and that the door to heaven is not shut to them. Make sure your heart is truly right with God, that you are truly born again and believe God’s Word.

In Genesis 7, we read the account of Noah and his family (eight people total) who went through the door of the Ark to be saved from a watery judgment. These were the only people living in the pre-Flood world whose hearts were right with God and who believed God’s promises.

Noah is also mentioned in the New Testament. In 2 Peter 2, the apostle Peter warns us about false prophets in the church—leaders who profess that their hearts are committed to the true God, but are really false teachers. Outwardly they were prophets/teachers, but inwardly, their hearts were not right.

In verse 5, Peter describes Noah as a “preacher of righteousness” and someone who was saved. But Peter points out that false teachers cannot expect to escape divine vengeance. Just as God shut the door when Noah and his family were on the Ark, and just as those whose hearts were not right with God suffered the judgment of the Flood, false teachers will not be on board today’s Ark of Salvation, Jesus Christ, when He comes again (this time in judgment). The door will be shut to them.

At Answers in Genesis, we are burdened to proclaim the gospel of Christ and the fact that only those who go through the open door can be saved.

An Open Door

Jesus, the Son of God said, “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved …” (John 10:9).

I believe there is a great danger today in the church: an increasing number of “Christian” academics and pastors who may intellectually believe in God, but inwardly (and only God knows), their hearts may not be right with God—like the “foolish virgins.” And certainly, only Jesus, who is the Word, can ultimately judge their hearts (Hebrews 4:12).

Now I am not saying that if a person denies the creation account of origins and believes in evolution/millions of years, he or she can’t be truly saved. After all, God’s Word simply states that “if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).

Please pray for these academics and pastors in Christendom who are leading so many people astray. Pray that the Lord will convict them to make their hearts right with God while the “door” (the Lord Jesus) is still open. Remember, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven” (Matthew 7:21).