A surprising thing... well, not so surprising

My first post, beyond an introduction, was about part of my conversion experience. And the post had a great deal to do with my understanding of the creation / evolution debate. I have only told a few people about my blog, and so I was surprised to receive a comment that Dr. Kent Hovind was a fraud. Now, in my original post, I simply acknowledge that viewing some of Hovind's videos caused me to ask questions about my scientific understanding of the evolutionary theory. And the more research I did, from more reputable sources like AIG and ICR, especially under the study of the late Dr. Henry Morris, I came to have a solid understanding of the issues at hand.

Now the comment was surprising, but no so much really. You see, Scripture says plainly that "scoffers will come and deliberately forget that God formed the heavens and the earth by His word" and that "men refuse to love the truth and so be saved" and that "men suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—His eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." So it shouldn't be surprising when that happens, even if it is uninvited. In fact, in a sense, it's nice when it does happen, for two reasons. First, it gives the believer an opportunity to boldly and gently and patiently evangelize the lost, fulfilling the Great Commission. Second, it gives the believer an opportunity to be edified in "always being prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have."