Evolution Sunday

I guess that I am not that hip with what is going on in the "church" (using the term lightly) at large. In the mail I received an update from AiG (Answers in Genesis) informing me that February 12, 2006 was "Evolution Sunday."

And just what happened on "Evolution Sunday?" On this day, what was the 197th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin (author of Origin of Species; and popularizer of the "theory" of evolution), some 400 congregations in 49 states actually celebrated this occasion. And how did they celebrate it? Over 400 clergy actually preached about and in favor of evolution over a literal reading of the Genesis account.

To make matters worse, an atheistic university professor headed up a project call, "The Clergy Letter Project." In this project, this professor solicited clergy from across the United States to sign a letter supporting evolution and rejecting the Genesis account of creation as literal history. As of March 2006, over 10,250 clergy signed this document!

All this goes to show us how a high view of Scripture, along with its authority, is quickly eroding here in the States. We must become more Biblically literate and far more bold in our proclamation and defense of the Scriptures.

Psalm 11:3
If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?

In the book of Acts, one of the telltale signs of having been filled with the Spirit of God was speaking the Word of God boldly. What happens in Acts 2? After the Holy Spirit comes upon the disciples, Acts 2:11 tells us that the peoples declare:

"we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

The disciples were "speaking of the mighty deeds of God." Of course, right after this, Peter delivers a gospel message that saw 3000 people come to Christ. In Acts 4, after a run in with the religious leaders, being arrested and then released, Peter and John, along with the church in Jerusalem, prayed. In Acts 4:31 we read of the result:

And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

Oh that our conversation and speech would be liberally bathed by the Spirit of God with boldness, "speaking of the mighty deeds of God." While many in the "church" are abandoning the authority of the Word of God, may we commit to not being silent. Let us pray that the words of the psalmist be true of each of us who profess submission to the Lordship of Christ and to His Word:

Psalm 40:9-10
9 I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, You know. 10 I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation.

For more information concerning "Evolution Sunday" please visit the AiG website: http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2006/0206evol_sunday.asp

Soli Deo Gloria,

Pastor Ed