Earlier this year West Virginia was considering allowing Intelligent Design to be taught in public schools. Now many atheists say this allows religion into schools. But religion is already taught every day in the classroom!

You see, public schools in America promote naturalism, teaching that everything is the result of random processes over time, that there is no Creator. It’s atheism—and it’s a religion!

That’s why so many schools also teach about LGBTQ, abortion, feminism, and more. These are all part of man being his own god. It’s the outworking of the atheistic religion.

Yes, religion is taught in public schools.

This week we’ve seen that there’s only one race and that we look different because of the genetic diversity God built into DNA at the beginning. But why are there different people groups?

Well, after the global flood Noah and his family were told to spread out of the earth. Noah’s descendants decided to stay together and build a city and tower. So, God judged their sin by confusing their languages, forcing them to spread out. This divided up the human population, giving rise to different people groups and cultures. But there’s still only one race as everyone traces their ancestry from Babel to Noah and back to the first man, Adam.

This week we’ve seen from God’s Word and science that there’s only one race—the human race. And yet, because of evolutionary influences, people still talk about so-called interracial marriage. But is there really such a thing?

Well, no! There’s only race so there can’t be such any such thing. No matter which man and woman marry, they’re always marrying someone of the same biological race! What matters in marriage is not skin shade but their spiritual condition. Do they both love the Lord Jesus Christ? A believer should never knowingly marry an unbeliever.

Yes, there’s only one race and that should impact the words we use.

A popular children’s song reminds us that Jesus loves the little children, “red and yellow, black and white.” But are humans really those colors? No!

You see, we all have a pigment in our skin called melanin. This is a brownish pigment, and your DNA determines how much melanin your body produces. Some people produce a small amount, others produce a lot. And how much melanin your body produces determines what shade of skin you have. You see, every person has the same color of skin—brown!—just different shades.

So maybe that children’s song should say, “Jesus loves the little children, shades of brown from dark to light.”

When I’m talking about humans I never use the word “race” to refer to people groups. And why not? Well, because the Bible teaches that everyone is descended from Adam and Eve, there’s only one race, the human race.

Now, obviously, people look different from one another. Why is that…if we’re all one race? Well, that has to do with the incredible amount of genetic diversity God put into Adam and Eve, the first two people he made. That genetic diversity means there’s variation in skin shade, eye shape, and more.

But because we come from one man and woman, there’s only one race. So let’s rid the word “races” from our vocabulary!

The Bible tells us that God has made every nation from one man. Of course, that one man was Adam. Scripture is clear—every person from every nation in the world ultimately traces their ancestry back to Adam. And this means there’s only one race.

Because of evolutionary ideas, many people believe there are many different races. But the Bible says there’s only one. And science confirms the Bible. In the year 2000 researchers finished looking at the entire human genome and they concluded “there’s only one race—the human race.”

Science will always confirm the Bible because God’s Word is true from the very first verse.

This week we’re looking at some of the problems with believing in aliens from a biblical worldview. Well, here’s the biggest one: it conflicts with the meaning of the gospel.

You see, the Bible makes it clear that Adam’s sin affected the whole universe. So any aliens would also suffer the consequences of sin. But because they wouldn’t be Adam’s descendants, well, they wouldn’t have salvation. You see, Jesus became the God-man; he came to save human beings. He didn’t become the God-Klingon or the God-Martian! Salvation only comes through Christ and for the race of Adam.

So, no, I don’t believe in space aliens.

Over the years, our government has spent millions of dollars searching for alien life. But do you realize the whole idea of aliens comes from a belief in evolution? You see, evolutionists believe the earth is nothing special, it’s just another planet where the conditions just happen to be right for life to evolve.

But God’s Word tells us the earth is unique, designed by God for life. But the other planets didn’t have that purpose.

Also Scripture tells us that God gave man dominion over the earth, but the heavens are the Lord’s. No where does Scripture hint at aliens. In the biblical worldview aliens just don’t fit.

People are so fascinated by aliens that earlier this year a city near the Creation Museum sent a message to outer space inviting aliens to visit them. People loved this publicity stunt! Why? Well, many secularists believe if we discover alien life we’re uncover our true origin. But what does the Bible say?

Well, God’s Word never mentions life on other planets, but we do know the earth was created for human life and the sun, moon, and stars were created for signs and seasons. Secularists are looking in the wrong place for answers about our origins. It’s only in the Bible that we can find the true history of the universe.

Yesterday we learned that one in five US adults are “spiritual but not religious,” choosing to believe in a “higher power or spiritual force,” rather than the biblical God.

Now this is a good reminder of the biblical truth that we’re built for eternity. You see, young people have been fed the lie of atheism, but many are now realizing how empty it is and are turning to other things for meaning, purpose, and hope. But they’re turning to other broken cisterns that cannot provide the living water they desperately need! The only person who can supply living water is Jesus Christ through his death for our sins and his resurrection.