RE: [asa] RE: TE and apologetics

"If your gospel presentation is supposed to be evangelism, why should you
be looking for a way to bring in evolution?"

If one wants to preach the gospel to an intellectual who accepts science, one has to explain things like the nature and cause of sin. A literal Adam could be dismissed as a joke, and everything else (the rest of the gospel message) with it.

YEC's have a story for original sin, etc. BillyG skips it all, and just starts with sin (not mentioning how it arose, if he is open to biological evolution). Same skip with with Bill Bright and "The Four Spiritual Laws" tract. If there's not an alternative story from a TE, matching the fervor of YEC, then it can't compete on the evangelism front. Therefore YEC wins at evangelism because they have a complete story and fervor. But then again, they can't maintain the hold on the convert because the convert might eventually adopt evolution and become TE.

So maybe the course is for the TE to let YEC's handle conversion, then pick up the recruit after conversion to bring them to maturity. Therefore, for a TE game plan, skip any emphasis on conversion (let the YEC's out front do it... charismatics and pentecostals doing the work), and instead focus on maturity (growth).
 
...Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of gordon brown
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 3:00 PM
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Subject: RE: [asa] RE: TE and apologetics

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, Dehler, Bernie wrote:

> YEC's involved in evangelism have a story for how sin entered the world and tie it in to a gospel presentation. I was wondering how an evolutionist could tie evolution into a gospel presentation, and if any evangelists have done it, to give a alternative to the Ken Ham evangelism approach. It seems like the alternative to the Ham approach is to be agnostic- not mention where/how sin arose, just start with "we are sinners."
>

If your gospel presentation is supposed to be evangelism, why should you
be looking for a way to bring in evolution?

Gordon Brown (ASA member)

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