Keeping Your Faith … at Christian Colleges
June 3, 2011 by David Wheaton
Filed under Radio Program Hour 1, Radio Show
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Guest: Ken Ham, founder, Answers in Genesis
“Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 1:13).
A study by the Higher Education Research Institute found that students who professed to be “born again” Christians when entering Protestant colleges were more likely than their counterparts who attended public universities to say they no longer considered themselves to be born again Christians upon graduation.
Huh? How can going to a professing Christian college be more faith-destroying than attending a secular university? Don’t most Christian colleges, especially the well-known, historically sound ones, have chapel and Bible classes and faculty who believe and teach the fundamentals of the faith?
Listen to our guest this weekend, Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, who has written a brand new book entitled “Already Compromised” and you will find out the perplexing state of affairs on Christian colleges across America. Most parents and students think they will be “safe” from a Bible-rejecting agenda when they choose a Christian college but Ken Ham and one of America’s top research teams show that you need to be a lot more careful when deciding on a Christian college.
Tune in for an eye-opening program on The Christian Worldview this weekend.
Who’s Afraid of Noah’s Ark?
December 8, 2010 by Dr. Albert Mohler
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A proposal to build a theme park that would feature a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark has set off a controversy in Kentucky that is worth watching. Within days, the controversy had spread to the pages of The New York Times and USA Today.
So, who’s afraid of Noah’s Ark? Lots of folks, it seems, but the editors of the state’s two largest newspapers in particular.
The “Ark Encounter” is a major project to be undertaken by a partnership led by Answers in Genesis, the group that built the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky — an attraction that has now recorded over a million visitors by some reports. The attraction, also to be built in Kentucky, is to include live animals and a 100-ft tower of Bable.
The partnership has applied for incentives under the Kentucky Tourism Development Act, and Governor Steve Beshear announced plans for the park at a news conference in the Kentucky State Capitol.
Then . . . the deluge.
The Courier-Journal of Louisville editorialized that the project would amount to “creationist tourism” that would embarrass the state by featuring “a fundamentalist view resting on biblical inerrancy [that] indirectly promotes a religious dogma.”
The editors asked, “Why stop with creationism? How about a Flat-Earth Museum? Or one devoted to the notion that the sun revolves around the Earth?”
An op-ed column in the same paper lamented with frustration the fact that the proposed theme park was just another reminder that “only 39 percent of Americans believe in the theory of evolution.”
Meanwhile, the state’s second-largest paper, the Lexington Herald-Leader, declared: “Anyone who wants to believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible has that right.” But, the paper added, the state would be embarrassed by appearing through its governor to embrace “such thinking.”
The paper reported that Daniel Phelps, president of the Kentucky Paleontological Society, called Gov. Beshear’s support of the project “embarrassing for the state.”
The editorial boards of the state’s two largest newspapers seem to be very embarrassed indeed. Gov. Beshear kept his comments fixed on economics: “The people of Kentucky didn’t elect me governor to debate religion,” he said. “They elected me governor to create jobs.”
The proposed theme park is expected to attract 1.6 million visitors in its first year, bringing a $250 million annual economic impact within five years.
The most interesting aspect of this controversy isn’t the proposed theme park, but the panic among the commonwealth’s self-appointed guardians of evolutionary theory.
So who’s afraid of Noah’s Ark? Now, we know.
Stephanie Steitzer, “Theme Park for Creationism Proposed for Kentucky,” The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Kentucky], Wednesday, December 1, 2010.
“Creationist Tourism,” The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Kentucky], Thursday, December 2, 2010.
Pam Platt, “A Whirlwind of Ignorance,” The Courier-Journal [Louisville, Kentucky], Sunday, December 5, 2010.
Shawntaye Hopkins, “Governor Defends Tax Incentives for Religious Theme Park“, The Lexington Herald-Leader [Lexington, Kentucky], Thursday, December 2, 2010.
“Ark Incentives: Cheap Jobs, Poor State Image,” The Lexington Herald-Leader [Lexington, Kentucky], Friday, December 3, 2010.
Laurie Goodstein, “In Kentucky, Noah’s Ark Theme Park Is Planned,” The New York Times, Monday, December 6, 2010.
The Christian Worldview on the News
June 5, 2010 by David Wheaton
Filed under Radio Program Hour 1, Radio Show
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The Christian Worldview on the News will be our focus this week.
News Story 1: The Israeli Navy comes on board a flotilla of “humanitarian aid” ships headed for Hamas-controlled Gaza and a hand-to-hand skirmish ensues resulting in the deaths of nine activists. Why is world reaction immediate, vehement, and condemnatory against only Israel in this incident? We’ll hear from Joel Rosenberg on this.
News Story 2: Oil continues to spew out of the ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico and wash up on the surrounding shores. Now, nearly 50 days into this ecological crisis, what should we expect our government to be doing to stop or clean up this mess? And what should Christians be doing? Cal Beisner from the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation will weigh in.
News Story 3: The Obama administration is pushing Congress to overturn the existing policy that does not allow homosexuals to openly serve in our military forces. On what basis should Christians oppose the impending repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy? U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN, 6) and Ken Ham from Answers in Genesis will give us some insight.
As we discuss these news stories this weekend on The Christian Worldview, we will strive to live up to one of our mottos: to be “biblically correct, not politically correct”.
What is the Ultimate Goal of the Christian Life?
March 13, 2010 by David Wheaton
Filed under Radio Program Hour 1, Radio Show
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Now that’s sort of an important question, isn’t it? Have you ever thought about what your overarching, priority-one mission as a Christian should be? Should it be to transform society to reflect the kingdom of God and biblical values — to defend life and marriage, to end poverty and injustice — or should it be to evangelize the lost and disciple each other?
Or perhaps it’s both? And if so, how does that play out seeing we only have a finite amount of time, energy, and resources?
A big question, an important question to be answered this weekend on The Christian Worldview. Plus, interviews with Ken Ham, president of Answers in Genesis, and Aubrea Wagner, the winner of The Master’s College Essay Contest 2010.
Why the Next Generation of Christian Young People is “Already Gone” (Part 2 of 2)
October 24, 2009 by David Wheaton
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Guest: Ken Ham, founder, Answers in Genesis
Last week in part one of our interview with Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis and author of Already Gone, we learned the sobering statistic that 2/3 of conservative evangelicals young people will leave the church in their 20′s. Ham said this is partly the result of Sunday Schools and youth groups (and parents) not teaching a more literal and historical interpretation of Scripture, Read more
Why the Next Generation of Christian Young People Is “Already Gone” (Part 1 of 2)
October 17, 2009 by David Wheaton
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Guest: Ken Ham, president, Answers in Genesis
Is America on its way to being a “post-Christian” society like England where churches are empty and being converted to night clubs, restaurants, and mosques? Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum, says in his new book, Already Gone, that conservative evangelical churches in America are on their way to this kind of decline due to the fact that two-thirds of Christian young people will leave the church in their 20′s. Read more
