Category: THEISTIC EVOLUTION

CREATION MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

CREATION MINISTRIES – LEADING EVANGELISTS

The Chugley Blog salutes Creation Ministries for their mighty evangelistic effort using Social Media. What an amazing result by a small, dedicated, well educated and articulate team of people. If only “churches” would pick up on this avenue for reaching the lost, surely less people would be made monkeys of! See the clip above featuring Mark Harwood…… Be sure to do your bit – subscribe to Creation Magazine: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Social sophistry CMI’s social media videos reaching millions Editorial Sneak peek of a powerful article from the latest Creation magazine by Don Batten As I write this, the Social Media Video Project of Creation Ministries International approaches 30 million views on social media (Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X, and Instagram). In embarking on this project, we were hoping to reach a lot more young people, and that is happening. This project involves producing short videos (less than a minute) on various topics, which then inspire viewers to access a longer one with more information.We mustn’t be discouraged by the loud ‘anti’ brigade. Even the nasty comments show that the videos are hitting the mark—challenging unbelief. Engaging with people on social media, I am often appalled at the ignorance and sophistry evident in comments. Many of the ‘gotcha’ questions are answered on creation.com, if only the questioner would look. And then, often when you direct the person to the answer, they won’t read it, dismissing it with derision, asserting that they believe in ‘science’ or that ‘science’ says something different. This sort of response involves the fallacies of ‘No true Scotsman’, as well as ‘reification’ (see pp. 52–53 in this issue). One wonders—why would a person even be commenting in the ‘creation science’ channel/group if they are not interested in engaging with biblical creation? Perhaps some feel their ego stroked by browbeating others. Social media can be quite…

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DO YOU HAVE TO BE A CREATIONIST TO BE CHRISTIAN?

DO YOU HAVE TO BE A CREATIONIST TO BE CHRISTIAN?

I am pleased to present a very topical article about the Creation/Evolution controversy. Short and to the point – a must read! Be sure to subscribe to Creation Magazine: https://creation.com/magazines To read Gary Bates’ biography click on his name at the top of his article. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley “Do you have to be a creationist to be Christian?” A tactical question that avoids the real issue. By Gary Bates First published as Creation Extra, CMI-US, 2022. This question often comes up, particularly during QA sessions at ministry events. In my experience, the type of person that usually asks this question is not, what we would call, a biblical creationist, and has subscribed to some sort of view that adds millions of years or some evolutionary process to the opening chapters of Genesis. For example, I was once invited to speak at a Christian high school as part of an origins series. Those with differing views were invited to share opinions on the creation/evolution debate. The teacher leading the meeting said that the purpose of exposing students to different views was to allow students to make up their own minds on the subject. However, this approach is already problematic, as it obviously suggests to students that Genesis can possibly mean many things, rather than what it clearly says. During the lectures, I recall that the leader (only) interjected during my talk on several occasions with one question; “Does that mean you have to be a creationist to be a Christian?’In my 30+ years of ministry I have never once heard an informed creationist claim that belief in a six-day creation was necessary for salvation. In my own personal experience of coming to faith, I journeyed from evolutionist/atheist to evolutionist/Christian to creationist/Christian, and it has been the same for countless others, including many in CMI. The…

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Does theistic evolution take away the need for God?

Does theistic evolution take away the need for God?

An excellent and concise summary from Philip Bell, CMI England. To read Philip’s biography click on his name at the top of the article. Don’t forget to subscribe to Creation Magazine and help with this battle: https://creation.com/magazines Gibber! Gibber! Chugley Does theistic evolution take away the need for God? by Philip Bell This short piece is written to my fellow Christians who hold to theistic evolution–in the sincere hope that it may provoke you to think again. I don’t write to condemn, but to appeal to you to look into the issue some more. The whole notion that Genesis is metaphorical, and that evolution is a testament to the glory of God, smacks of the kind of spin doctoring that gives politicians a bad name—Steve Stewart Williams, professor of psychology and evolutionist. Many people think theistic evolution (aka evolutionary creation), a position held by many theologians and scientists today, represents the sensible middle ground, but is that really the case? American theologian Wayne Grudem argues that “theistic evolution completely nullifies the evidence for God’s existence in living things, and therefore significantly hinders evangelism.”1 How so? By reducing any confidence your hearers might have in the Bible. I myself once held to theistic evolution, but along with many other Christians, I now believe that it undercuts Christianity as a reliable source of truth.2 James P. Moreland, Professor of Philosophy at Biola University, observes that it “weaken[s] the rational authority of biblical teaching among Christians and non-Christians. As a result, the Bible is no longer regarded by many as a genuine source of knowledge, and fewer and fewer people take the Bible seriously.”3 Think about that for a moment. Many adherents of theistic evolution hold that there are human beings alive today who never descended from Adam, but doesn’t that undermine the logic of redemption? The Apostle Paul indicates that…

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