Answering Young People’s Questions
Proverbs 22:6
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Could it be true that we have unwittingly been telling our young people that Christianity is irrelevant? As I present the evidences for creation and explain to young people the problems with evolution, a similar pattern emerges each time. While the material is new to them, it rings true. Soon, the questions start, and they begin to express anger as they realize they have been misled by those teaching evolution.
The words of one young man sum it all up. He told me, “I just wish that my older brother had heard this message a couple of years ago. I talked with him a lot, and I just know that if he knew that the Bible had intelligent answers, he would not have left the church and hurt my parents. As a matter of fact, until I heard you, I was ready to follow him.” Other young people tell similar stories. They grew up learning about creation and Adam and Eve in Sunday school. As they were exposed to evolution, they desperately wanted the Bible to offer an intelligent alternative to evolution. But no one could ever offer it to them.
Our silence seemed to confirm what evolution suggests — Christianity is outdated. Could it be that through our young people the Lord is telling us that we cannot be neutral or ignorant about the question of origins?
Prayer:
Dear Lord, Your truth is all in all. Give Your people a stronger desire to address the questions being asked today with the answers provided by Your Word so that more may see that the Bible offers an intelligent alternative to the thinking of the world. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
