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disobey  God  in  our  work,  but  we  dis-  that God ceases working. Jesus said, “My   church,  and  not  the  government  or   and confidence to begin this new year by
      cover  that  God  is  at  work  in  both  our   Father  is  still  working,  and  I  also  am   anybody  of  secular  educators.  Just  as   proclaiming the truth, “I and the created
      obedience  and  disobedience.  Laboring   working”  (John  5:17).  We  understand   evolution is the foundation of  human-  physical world around me point me to
      in God's image, we work in creation, on   creation is not complete, for God leaves   ism, the creation story in the Bible must   God!”
      creation,  with  the  creation,  and  if  we   plenty of work for people to do to bring   be  the  foundation  and  integrating
      work  as  God  intends,  we  work  for   the creation further along. Every Christ-  framework of all curricula and courses in   Genesis is historically
      creation.                          ian must interpret every subject in the        a  proper  educational  system.  Dr.  John
                                         light  of  His  divine  works  of  creation,   Whitmore, Professor of Geology at Ced-  accurate and forms a
      Creation reveals God's Purpose.    conservation,  and  consummation  and          arville  University,  US,  encourages  edu-  foundation for science,
                                         be included in the gospel to be preached       cators  to  develop  critical  thinking  in
         Creation leads us to understand that   in the entire world. (Col.1:14–23).     students by teaching Creation along with   the Bible, and Christian
      everything was created with a purpose.                                            evolution, young earth, old earth, uni-  education, and it should
      One of the purposes is Relationship, and   The present education system infect-   formitarianism,  catastrophism,  and
      the other is Responsibility.       ed  by  bitter  roots  of  evolutionary        many other views that will challenge the   certainly serve as the
                                         humanism  has  led  to  a  host  of  moral,    students  to  think  critically  about  the   true foundation of
         Genesis  is  supremely  a  book  of   social, and political evils in society for at   strengths  and  weaknesses  of  various
      relationships,  highlighting  those  bet-  least two generations to bear the bitter   positions.                         quality and holistic
      ween God - nature, God-work, God-man,   fruits  of  widespread  immorality,  mat-                                              education.
      man–nature, and man–man, man–work.   erialism,  drug  culture,  pre-marital  sex,    The worth of the physical universe,
      Within  the  created  universe,  God  is   and  abortion  culture,  pornography,   the  dignity  of  manual  labor,  personal
      present  in  relationship  with  his  crea-  social  diseases  and  other  evils  like   stewardship, and care for the environ-
      tures,  especially  with  people.  The   communism  and  fascism  and  many       ment are all part of the creation story.
      human  race  was  designed  for  an   intellectual  apologists  and  Christians   When we realize we were created for a
      everlasting relationship with the Creator   despite  realizing  the  dangers  and   reason and influenced by the holiness of
      Himself,  not  a  forced  and  unnatural   fallacies of evolutionism, they are willing   God's  law,  the  sacredness  of  life,  the
      relationship.  Still,  unlike  a  robot,  He   to give up the creation. Chaos had been   foundation  of  true  worship,  and  the
      created  them  with  freedom  of  choice   turned into an inhabitable environment,   basis  for  true  self-worth,  life  becomes
                                                                                                                                      Caroline Michael
      and a capacity to love and serve Him as a   supporting  plants,  fish,  birds,  animals,   meaningful and rich, and the love of God   General Secretary, ETF
      remedy  for  pessimism,  loneliness,  and   and  human  beings.  The  tree  will   replaces  the  painful  emptiness  and
      meaninglessness.  God  Works  Relation-  continue producing bitter fruits as long   dissatisfaction.  There  is  simply  no
      ally.  (Genesis  1:26a)  even  before  God   as its bitter roots remain in the ground.  legitimate  way  to  accommodate  evo-  REQUEST
      creates people, he speaks in the plural.                                          lution in biblical Christianity.
      Adam  and  Eve  were  created  as  com-  The  time  has  come  for  Christian                                                     Dear Friends,
      panions to each other and were placed   educators to remember that though the        Dr. Ranjit Daniels, in his article, 'The
      as  stewards  over  the  creation  in  the   modern  scientific  establishment  is   Creation Conundrum and the Way Bey-     We would like to have your
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      Garden of Eden to enjoy all the natural   committed mainly to evolutionism, the   ond,' beautifully explain what creation in   inquire and ensure whether
      resources, love the creatures, cultivate   foundations of modern science were laid   the  Bible  is  teaching  us  and  how  the   you are receiving the Chalk and
      the land, and above all experience God's   by creationist scientists such as Johann   truth about creation can be integrated   Chai magazine  regularly.
      everlasting  incredible  presence  with   Kepler, Sir Isaac Newton, Robert Boyle,   into education and how the teachers can   Kindly sms your name and
      them.                              John  Ray,  Nicolaus  Steno,  and  other       be faithful stewards over the creation.       contact no details to
                                         great 'founding fathers' of science. The       Dr.  Jeyavadhana  Samuel,  in  her  article
             The creation was the past work   Biblical principles highlight that it is quite   Salt  N'  Speech,  brings  out  the  signifi-  Dr. Caroline Michael
      of Christ, and His work of creating the   urgent  in  these  critical  days  that   cance of a chemical created by God in   09176643007 / 09841558986
      world  was  finished  (Gen.2:1–3;  Heb.   education  is  the  responsibility  of  the   the refinement of one's character. Rev.
      4:3). It is no longer continuing, as evolu-  Christian  educators  and  Christian   Richard  Masih  encourages  us  with  the
      tionism would require. It doesn't mean   educational institutions, home and the   promises of God to lead a life of courage      THANKS
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