This, at first, greatly hindered scientific advancement. The church – because of it’s own prideful blindness – spent too much time opposing the new theories, instead of engaging them and really considering them. They could not have considered that the new findings could bring them closer to an understanding of God and His creation. We must not fall into the same trap. We should not let our own dogma get in the way of scientific advancement. The truth will prevail. Let us not reject something we refuse to understand. It may do us good to recognize that the Bible, while it often confirms and encourages science, speaks very little about science. The Bible makes very few claims regarding our universe. Genesis is not concerned with how or when
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It truly has become a new frontier for missions. Just as the Bible encourages us to “gain understanding,” (Proverbs 1:1-7) – and in a sense, become scientists – we should enter the scientific field with an open mind. We should not come with attacks, dogmas, and presuppositions as if we have all knowledge and understanding. To put it simply, the illusion of knowledge can be harmful and off-putting in this field of missions. Let not the theories of creation in six 24-hour-days become a stumbling block to these in need of a savior. To fully engage them, come to them with an open mind and bring them those absolute truths of …show more content…
However, this is simply not true. As I have proven above, there are many truths that we can discover outside of the Bible. The doctrine of Sola Scriptura was upheld by the early Reformed Church, and it comes mainly from 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…” It is understood by the reformed church that the Bible is the ultimate authority in the Christian life.
Some would point to this to discredit science as an authoritative source of truth. However, Sola Scriptura is mostly concerned with Christian morality and salvation of the elect and does not deny science as a source of truth. It all comes back to the fact that all truth is God’s truth. In Calvin’s commentary on Titus 1:12, he says, “All truth is from God; and consequently, if wicked men have said anything that is true and just, we ought not to reject it; for it has come from God.” He goes on in his Institutes of the Christian
It truly has become a new frontier for missions. Just as the Bible encourages us to “gain understanding,” (Proverbs 1:1-7) – and in a sense, become scientists – we should enter the scientific field with an open mind. We should not come with attacks, dogmas, and presuppositions as if we have all knowledge and understanding. To put it simply, the illusion of knowledge can be harmful and off-putting in this field of missions. Let not the theories of creation in six 24-hour-days become a stumbling block to these in need of a savior. To fully engage them, come to them with an open mind and bring them those absolute truths of …show more content…
However, this is simply not true. As I have proven above, there are many truths that we can discover outside of the Bible. The doctrine of Sola Scriptura was upheld by the early Reformed Church, and it comes mainly from 2 Timothy 3:16 “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…” It is understood by the reformed church that the Bible is the ultimate authority in the Christian life.
Some would point to this to discredit science as an authoritative source of truth. However, Sola Scriptura is mostly concerned with Christian morality and salvation of the elect and does not deny science as a source of truth. It all comes back to the fact that all truth is God’s truth. In Calvin’s commentary on Titus 1:12, he says, “All truth is from God; and consequently, if wicked men have said anything that is true and just, we ought not to reject it; for it has come from God.” He goes on in his Institutes of the Christian