Monday Jun 10, 2019
Brave in the New World | A Tale of Two Books | Matthew 2:1-11 | Week 7
I've had a number of people come up to me and say, "We're so sad that you're leaving, Ryan, but are you going to finish this series?" Yes, I am. Today, we're going to jump into the subject of science and the Scriptures; then, next week, yes, on Father's Day, I'm going to be teaching on the issue of sexuality and Brave in the New World and how that all ties together. You're welcome. I promised on Mother's Day, when I taught a message on Evil and Suffering, that I would be equally offensive on Father's Day. Praise be to God, it's all worked out!
I want to start with a question: Who would win if the Colorado Rockies played the Denver Broncos? The question you should ask is what are they playing? Before I put money on either team, I want to know what we're playing. While they're all athletes and they're all talented in their own right, they have different specialties, don't they? They have different bents. They have different things that they practice day after day, night after night. They have different things that they're professionals at. I think a lot of times we ask the question: Are you a person of faith or are you a person of science? Who wins---the Rockies or the Broncos? I think we build this false dichotomy that you have to decide whether or not you're a Bible person---which means then that you have to ignore all good science---or whether you're a science person---in our mind that means we have to ignore the Bible. What I'd like to do today is propose to you that maybe there's a third way. Maybe Richard Dawkins, in his book The God Delusion, was wrong, when he argued that you cannot be an intellectual scientific thinker and hold on to religious beliefs. He's wrong. I think the Scriptures actually invite us into that tension. Would you open with me to Matthew 2:1-2; we're going to start our time there this morning...
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