It might be when God providentially opens an opportunity for one of His people to bear witness for Jesus. It might be an occasion on which He gives another a flash of insight to start a fruitful conversation about our Lord and His Gospel. It might be in a online or offline discussion of some kind regarding things that really matter: God, the human condition, the way of salvation, final judgment, eternity.
In many if not most of such encounters, there is a topic that arises: EVOLUTION. Darwinism is by far the most common stumbling block of our age. It is offered almost universally as an objection to the truth claims of the Bible by those who are skeptical of those truth claims. It is ubiquitous in its influence over the thinking of the contemporary mind. *ADAPTATION has been observed, but evolution has never been observed. Yet evolution is commonly assumed to be unassailable truth, backed by irrefutable science.
In reality it is anything but science. It is a great LIE, and the Christian evangelist must reckon with this damnable enemy to the progress of the Gospel.
One way we do this is by ever keeping in mind that "…the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12). That is true regarding the whole counsel of God, and therefore includes the foundational truths of creation as they are found in Genesis and elsewhere in holy writ.
If we grant legitimacy to a theory that makes our Creator unnecessary or at best marginalizes Him, we have cast behind our backs the One Who is also the Redeemer. Allow for the idea that death and suffering are simply part of the natural order, and the sting of death – sin – is deceptively hidden from sinners in need of that Redeemer. For the truth is that "…through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned." (Romans 5:12).
The true history of the origin of life and of the human race is far shorter than evolution's revisionist version with its millions of years of violent struggle for survival. A Biblically faithful summation of that true history is as follows. After God created the universe very good in every way, the sin of mankind brought a dreadful curse upon it (cf. Romans 8:20-22). Through Christ the Savior, the curse is being removed. The Gospel is the way of entrance into Christ's kingdom and its ongoing work. The consummation of His kingdom work will include a perfectly restored, deathless, and eternal heavens and earth.
There was no "big bang" at the universe's beginning, no evolution anywhere within it thereafter, and inevitable heat death and oblivion is not its bleak future.
To be continued…
* God made animals able to ADAPT, i.e. change over generations, but within limits. Adaptation can occur naturally or be directed by human intervention. So dogs can be bred to alter traits like size, hair texture, even temperment. But a cat will never be bred from dog ancestors!