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To: Sopater
Here's something related that I read in the most recent issue of a newsletter from Answers in Genesis.

We live in a world where the Bible is openly attacked. Secular scientists claim that science has disproved the Bible's historicity. The trouble is that most Sunday school materials only tell Bible stories to the young people. They may add some character-building principles but don't necessarily teach how to defend biblical accounts as real history.

Yes, in church our children and adults hear about Jonah and the big fish, etc., but when young people go out into the secular world, they find that the trustworthiness of the Bible is attacked. They hear claims such as: science has proved evolution to be true; Noah couldn't fit the animals on the Ark; "ape men" disprove the Bible; science shows the earth is old, and so on.

To effectively equip our young people (and adults) today, we can't just tell Bible stories. We need to teach Christians how to defend the Bible against secular attacks. In this way, they will believe these Bible stories to be real history.

7 posted on 10/22/2007 7:04:59 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (Homeschool like your kids' lives depend on it.)
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To: ChocChipCookie

“To effectively equip our young people (and adults) today, we can’t just tell Bible stories. We need to teach Christians how to defend the Bible against secular attacks. In this way, they will believe these Bible stories to be real history.”

It’s being attacked from WITHIN the church too, by the emerging church movement, and by the purpose-driven one-world-religion agenda!


50 posted on 10/22/2007 10:22:18 AM PDT by Abigail Adams
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