Ken Ham Kicked Out of Homeschool Shows
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The founder of the apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis has been kicked out of two home-school conferences.
In an email to Dr. Ken Ham, organizers of Great Homeschool Conventions uninvited the Creation Museum founder from speaking at two upcoming conventions and any other conventions in the future. They claim Ham made "ungodly" and "mean-spirited" statements about the convention and other speakers, continuing on to say: "We believe that what Ken has said and done is un-Christian and sinful."
"...Dr. Ham's public criticism of the convention itself and other speakers at our convention require him to surrender the spiritual privilege of addressing our homeschool audience," says a statement from the group's advisory board.
Ham declined to speak with OneNewsNow on the matter. However, the Answers in Genesis website claims the disagreement centers around Dr. Peter Enns of the BioLogos Foundation. The website explains that Ham wrote Facebook and blog items expressing concerns that Enns does not believe sin should be discussed with young children because it will cause problems with their view of God -- and he does not believe in a literal Adam and a literal Fall.
"...What [Enns] teaches about Genesis is not just compromising Genesis with evolution," Ham wrote in a recent blog, "it is outright liberal theology that totally undermines the authority of the Word of God." On the same blog page, Ham added: "Someone needs to stand against the compromise that is pouring into the church from many directions."
The statement from Great Homeschool Conventions' advisory board says Ham was removed from its gatherings not for his message, but "for his spirit" -- which the group says "sullied the atmosphere of the convention."
"In short," reads the statement, "a proud, ungrateful, and divisive spirit was projected from Dr. Ham."
The Answers in Genesis website goes on to say "Ken could not in good conscience speak without warning people about him [Enns]."
What's your reaction to the home-schooling group's decision to disinvite Ken Ham?
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Permalink Reply by Jim Dickinson on -
I could not agree more, great Christians of the past have been wrong repeatedly when they followed man's understanding instead of hanging on firmly to God's word. We have the words of the everliving WORD in which he quotes from both Gen 1 and 2 validating them as truth. Death did not exist except as an idea before Adam, hence millions of years are impossible. Thank for your stand for truth, David.
David Thomas Posey said:
Mary,
On your last point, I don't want to come off obstinate and contrary, but I am not particularly interested in what Mr. Lewis said one way or the other. Nothing against Lewis or anybody else, but he was a man, and thus everything he said is less important than what God says.
I do believe people can be saved and still be wrong, but a true Christian view excludes anything opposed to Scripture. Scripture says it is true, and tells clearly and repeatedly how everything is. If people contradict Scripture, they may be Christian but their view is certainly not.
Mary Catherine Clark said:Jim (and others),
I would highly recommend chapter 3 of C.S. Lewis' the Problem of Pain. I think it answers very well the theological details of how an evolutionary view can fit with a Christian one. It's not so much about physical death, for even born-again Christians are not saved from that, but when mankind chose to obey self over God, spiritual death was introduced, and therefore it is spiritual life that is offered through the cross and resurrection of Christ, both for the here and now and eternity. Lewis elaborates more in the aforementioned passage.
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Permalink Reply by Michelle Studer on
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I think that teaching anything that is outside of scripture, such as inserting evolution into Genesis 1, is very destructive to the overall message of the bible. The simple fact that evolution is a teaching forwarded by those who do not believe in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, makes it unacceptable for us. It is better to teach truth that hurts and heals, than a lie that kills. And belief in evolution has killed so many people. We do not need to contaminate the bible with these un-Godly teachings. Clearly, evolution does not fit into scripture, and there is no room for it. If God used evolution to bring forth life as it is today, He would have said so, because of the importance of origins. However, He has made it clear how he brought forth life.
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