Alright, so what’s the big deal? We threw out the Bible’s views and replaced it with the beliefs of scientists. We get “Jesus” AND the respect of the world. We can keep hold on Jesus’ resurrection and throw the rest out. What’s the price of a little compromise?
The next generation is the price.
Studies are showing that two-thirds of the next generation of church kids will not be there when they are older. Why? I’ll set a common scenario before you.
Dave gets to school on Monday. All throughout the week he learns several things:
1. Science is the only source of truth (science class)
2. We all came from animals and are no more important than animals (science class)
3. There is no truth (any class)
4. The Bible is false and filled with fairy tales (any class)
5. Etc.
Then Dave goes to church on Sunday. He learns that the Old Testament is full of wonderful stories that most likely didn’t really happen. His teachers tell him that the only thing he really has to hold on to is the resurrection of Jesus. Dave also learns to not offend others because we should just love everyone.
He asks his pastor what the Bible says about the beginning of the world. His pastor responds that the beginning of the world is found in Genesis, but that it is myth. The beginning of Genesis was just meant for poetry, much like the Psalms.
He asks his pastor if the flood was global. His pastor shrugs and said that the flood possibly didn’t even happen, and that if it did, it was local.
He then goes back to school, where his growing doubt is bolstered. Some of his school teachers even tell him that his pastor will side with them when it comes to science! He goes to school to learn truth; he goes to church to learn about nice stories that never happened.
Tell me, through the years, which side will have a greater effect?
The Next Generation
The next generation asks some practical questions. “Why should I trust the Bible?” “If I can’t trust some of the Bible, which parts do I trust?” “If I can’t trust all of the Bible, why should I trust any of it?”
We took some of the authority of the Bible and put it behind scientists. The youngest generation takes the next step and doesn’t see the Bible as authoritative at all.
The next generation realizes what the older generation did not. You cannot have two ultimate truths. It’s the Word of God or the word of men. When you take one over the other, that is the death knell. There is no going back. The church of the 1800s and 1900s chose science as the bearer of truth; it was only time before the Bible was totally discredited.
Once the Bible fell, what is Christianity? Not worth waisting a Sunday morning, the next generation will tell you.
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