by Carl Gallups
The culture of the United States has undergone tremendous
changes in the past 50 years. The decade
of the sixty’s witnessed the questioning of authority—parents, church,
government, etc. When we look beneath
the surface of that rebellion, we find the underlying battle was the rejection
of God. “Intellectuals” led the drive to
replace faith with science, and the results have had a devastating effect on
culture.
Carl Gallups lays out the contrasts in this new book and
does a remarkable job in identifying the real questions that must be
answered. He also shows that the debate
is often skewed so the answers are assumed.
The book begins with a conversation of two college students, and I find
the dialogue to be real because I spent several years working on college
campuses in the 70’s and similar conversations were going on even then. The teachings of Francis Schaeffer were of
great benefit in defining the responses to the faith challenges.
Obviously, the questions of faith in our generation have
been re-engineered by subsequent decades of doubt and confusion. Carl energetically takes on these
questions. Recognizing that getting the
issues correctly framed is the starting point, he does a masterful job in
laying out each argument. Once the
groundwork is laid to ask the right question, logic dictates the discourse. Scientific proof versus faith is the way it
is presented. However, actual scientific
proof supports genuine faith.
While this book addresses the science available, it is
done written as a lab manual but as a real life story with deep human
interest. It is easy to read, and takes
even the difficult arguments from science and renders them in understandable
ways. I highly recommend this book, not
only for the teens and college students, but for any adults who have not
previously studied these subjects. We
are instructed to “always be ready to give an answer” to any skeptic and this
will help prepare you. (1 Peter 3:15)
