Gary is interviewed by Marlin Detweiler from Veritas Press about recent books he has written, American history, and how to teach and live the Christian worldview.
The foundation of a proper study of God, the universe, and man is God and His revelation, not man and his ideas about God. There are all types of descriptions of “god” floating around—from Aristotle’s Prime Mover to the New Age belief that god is a part of all of us and we are a part of god, a jazzed up version of pantheism, the belief that all (pan) is god (theos). Our description of God must go beyond the mere belief in a god; we must base our appeals to truth on the one true God. This true knowledge comes from the Bible. Scripture defines God for us.
A pluralist does not like the idea that there is an exclusive God with an exclusive law and an exclusive way of salvation. If we’re going to have religion, the pluralist asserts, then all gods and religions should be equal. Logically, of course, this is nonsense. R. Albert Mohler, Jr., exposes the irrationality of those who allege that Christians are wrong to bring the gospel message of salvation in Jesus Christ to Jews and other people of different faiths:
Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, argues that it is “pure arrogance” for any religion to claim to know “the truth.” But most religions, in one way or another, make this claim: It is the nature of religious belief, which stands precisely against today’s cultural relativism. It is certainly at the heart of Christian belief. After all, we are followers of the one Who said: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life” [John 14:6].
Following the logic of the pluralist, should we also insist that all views of mathematics, science, geology, ethics, and everything else for that matter, should be regarded as equal statements of belief and practice even when their stated principles contradict one another? Would a religious pluralist in need of a heart transplant accept the contradictory views of four heart surgeons who each claim that one procedure is just as good as any other? I doubt it. And yet, a high percentage of people are willing to live with religious contradictions even though they rarely if ever practice them in their daily lives.
Thinking Straight in a Crooked World
The nursery rhyme "There Was a Crooked Man" is an appropriate description of how sin affects us and our world. We live in a crooked world of ideas evaluated by crooked people. Left to our crooked nature, we can never fully understand what God has planned for us and His world. God has not left us without a corrective solution. He has given us a reliable reference point in the Bible so we can identify the crookedness and straighten it.
Buy NowGary is interviewed by Marlin Detweiler from Veritas Press about recent books he has written, American history, and how to teach and live the Christian worldview. Veritas has been a leader in Classical Education and Homeschooling for years and Gary has known Marlin for decades. The two have a great discussion about many different topics.