Many Christians today are questioning the existence of a historical Adam because of evolutionary ideas. Is this okay? Definitely not!

A historical Adam is foundational to the gospel. In the New Testament, Paul says, “The first man Adam” and “as death comes through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.” It’s because of the physical actions of the first man that there’s death in creation.

Without a physical Adam who sinned, why did Jesus need to come and die physically to save us from sin? And why did he need to rise physically to conquer death? Rejecting a historical Adam actually destroys the gospel!

This week, we’ve been looking at why we should teach our kids evolution. One: They’ll run into it eventually and they need a firm foundation in truth. And two: They have to know it to show why it’s wrong! And here’s a third reason:

If you don’t know what the other side believes, you’ll probably end up using some bad arguments. For example, some Christians argue, “If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes around?” Well, evolutionists believe we evolved from apelike ancestors, and apes are our cousins. So this is a bad argument.

Knowing what evolution teaches will certainly help us avoid mistakes like these.

The idea of evolution and millions of years is in direct opposition to what God’s Word teaches. It’s in Scripture that we get the true history of life and the universe. So, does this mean we shouldn’t teach our kids evolution?

Well, not exactly. You see, our young people need to be able to articulate the opposing position as well as demonstrate why it fails. This shows respect and intelligence. If you don’t know what those who disagree with you believe, how can you effectively dialogue with them or show why their ideas are wrong?

We need to show kids how the evidence confirms God’s Word and the weakness of the evolutionary view.

Evolutionary ideas directly contradict God’s Word. So, should we teach them to our kids? Well, eventually kids will run into evolution—and they need to be prepared with answers.

The Bible gives us the true history of the universe, and science confirms what we see. Instead of hiding opposing viewpoints from our kids, we should engage with them. We can show what the Bible says, how science confirms the Bible, and how bankrupt evolutionary ideas are.

It’s better for our kids to learn about evolution from someone who’ll point out the weaknesses and inconsistencies, rather than from someone who teaches it as dogmatic fact.

Have you ever been asked, “If there’s a good God, why is there so much death and suffering?”

Well, Genesis tells us. God created a perfect world. Then he gave the first man, Adam, a command and told him the penalty for disobedience was death. Adam chose to disobey, and his actions brought death and suffering into creation.

The bad things of this world aren’t God’s fault. Death and suffering exist because of Adam’s sin, and our continued sin. But we can look forward to the day when they will be gone—when Jesus restores creation to what it once was and all who trust in Jesus’ death and resurrection will live with him forever.

Many secularists are very vocal about making sure kids aren’t taught creation. They insist kids must only hear their atheistic version of origins. But they’re okay with teaching intelligent design—if the creator is an alien!

Life’s so complex that many evolutionists don’t think there’s been enough time on earth for life to evolve. So, they suggest aliens seeded life on earth. And they believe this story is fine to teach to children even though there’s no evidence for life on other planets, let alone intelligent aliens capable of sending life here. Really, they’re okay with any idea as long as it’s not the God of the Bible!

Until recently, giraffes were considered all one species. But new research shows there are actually four species—and they’re as genetically distinct as polar and grizzly bears. When this became news, headlines proclaimed it as evidence of evolution. But is giraffes turning into giraffes really evolution?

Not at all. You see, God created the giraffe kind with an incredible amount of variety. This helps giraffes survive a changing environment. That’s why we find some members of the giraffe kind on the savannah, while the okapi, another member of that kind, hides in the forest.

It’s not evolution—it’s the wise design of our Creator!

Yesterday, we learned that it’s not science vs. religion. It’s one view of the past, based on man’s word, vs. another view of the past, based on God’s Word. And that’s because there are two different kinds of science.

Observational science deals with the present. It’s directly testable, observable, and repeatable. It builds technology and cures diseases.

Historical science deals with the past. It’s not directly testable, observable, or repeatable. So what you believe about the past determines how you interpret the evidence in the present.

We all study the same world. The battle is between two different interpretations of the same evidence.

Many evolutionists argue you can’t use the Bible when you’re doing science because that’s religion. Well, then they can’t use their naturalistic ideas either because that’s religion!

You see, it’s not science vs. religion. It’s religion vs. religion! All evolutionists reject the Bible as the starting point for truth and instead come to the evidence with their own ideas. And for many, these ideas include naturalism and the belief that there’s no supernatural.

They apply these unverifiable assumptions and call it “science.” But there’s nothing about science that says it must be done from a secular (and secular means anti-God), religious perspective!

It’s easy to get discouraged when we see all the unbiblical, sinful attitudes and actions overwhelming our culture. We should be saddened and even angered by the acceptance and promotion of sins like LGBTQ lifestyles, abortion, violence, and racism.

But we should also have hope. As Christians, we have the life-changing message our culture desperately needs—the free gift of salvation offered in the gospel. You know, it’s a reminder that no matter how dark and depraved the world gets, we’re called to be salt and light, to do the King’s business until he returns, and fight the good fight of the faith—all for the glory of God!