Andrew Corbett, Pastor of Legana Christian Church in Launceston, Tasmania, has been a long term friend of Reasons to Believe. He has been instrumental in helping to bring Reasons to Believe speakers out to Australia. Andrew has posted on his blog an account of Dr Hugh Ross recent visit.
It's a great account of his visit to Tasmania. Andrew received a lot of criticism for bringing Dr Ross out to speak. Interestingly, Andrew notes that when he queried those who were challenging him about Dr Ross, "in every instance (and I did not have time to challenge every opponent) when I
asked if these opponents if they had actually read a Hugh Ross book or attended
one his talks, the answer was: no. This was extremely disturbing."
Indeed it is disturbing. The danger of not reading the Bible in consideration of its original context, and of not understanding a few basics about the original language it was written in (Hebrew and Aramaic for the Old Testament, and Ancient Greek for the New Testament) is that incorrect interpretations of the text can occur. Gerald Schroeder warned of this danger, when in Genesis and the Big Bang, he wrote:
In recent times an unusual orientation has arisen among many who are eager to evaluate the relevance of the Bible to daily life. There is a misconception that an understanding of the text comes to one as a natural heritage, as if we are bequeathed it genetically along with the instinct to breathe or the ability to reason. The most simplistic meanings are assumed to be adequate and the study of commentaries thereon is considered superfluous.
(Genesis and the Big Bang, p.19)
Dr Ross has spent years studying the Biblical text in its context, and he is instrumental in helping Christians to have confidence that science and Christian faith are deep friends and not enemies.
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