{"id":31419,"date":"2023-11-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?p=31419"},"modified":"2023-11-27T10:39:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T23:39:07","slug":"advent-the-right-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/advent-the-right-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Advent: The Right Questions\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"&amp;#8216;Advent: The Right Questions\u2019\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-11-29T01:00:00+11:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"[et_pb_section fb_built=&quot;1&quot; _builder_version=&quot;3.22&quot;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&quot;3.25&quot; background_size=&quot;initial&quot; background_position=&quot;top_left&quot; background_repeat=&quot;repeat&quot; custom_padding=&quot;0px||0px|||&quot;][et_pb_column type=&quot;4_4&quot; _builder_version=&quot;3.25&quot; c...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"7.6\" \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?podcast_id=124807564&amp;media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2FAdvent--The-Right-Questions.mp3#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?powerpress_pinw=31419-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 8:18 &#8212; 7.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3oaVMRpfARBkj4dyfEZcC0\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Read&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In his book,\u00a0<i>The Right Questions<\/i>\u00a0(2002), the late Phillip Johnson wrote that at the heart of the cultural changes today is the sharp divergence between two very different world views: the Christian view that states (as in John 1:1-4):\u00a0\u201cIn the beginning was the Word\u2026\u201d; and scientific materialism that says,\u00a0&#8220;In the\u00a0beginning\u00a0were the\u00a0particles\u201d (p.136). (Phillip Johnson was Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley for over thirty years.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In an earlier chapter in his book, he observed that\u00a0<i>\u201cIn the beginning was the Word\u201d<\/i>\u00a0is dismissed as a \u2018non-cognitive utterance of religion&#8217; and therefore one that cannot be evaluated in terms of \u2018true or false\u2019 (p.63). On the other hand, he also draws attention to an unquestioned assumption that stands behind scientific naturalism, namely that \u2018the laws and the particles existed, and that these two things plus chance had to do all the creating\u2019 (p.64).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In this context Johnson points out that <b>everyone needs to ask \u2018the right questions\u2019<\/b>; especially with respect to the assumptions that stand behind scientific materialism. For example, he draws attention to President Clinton\u2019s announcement in June 2000 with the breakthrough in understanding the human genome: \u201cToday, we are learning the language in which God created life, we are gaining ever more awe for the complexity, the beauty, the wonder of God\u2019s most divine and sacred gift\u201d (p.37). And Francis Collins, the scientific director of the government\u2019s Human Genome Project, said: \u201cIt is humbling for me and awe-inspiring to realize that we have caught the first glimpse of our instruction book, previously known only to God\u201d (p.38).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Johnson comments that both statements \u2018seem to say that the genome research actually <i>supports<\/i> the view that a supernatural mind designed the instructions that guide the immensely complex biochemical processes of life\u2019. He also notes the negative implications, namely that \u2018Clinton and Collins seemed to be repudiating the central claim of evolutionary naturalism, which is that exclusively natural causes like chance and physical law produced all the features of life\u2026\u2019 (p.38).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Yet he also notes that most\u00a0leading\u00a0biologists reject the notion of God and God\u2019s involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But can the clear statements of John 1:1-2 be easily dismissed as a crutch for those who need such a foundation for life?\u00a0<i>In the beginning was the Word<\/i>, we read,\u00a0<i>and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God\u2026<\/i>\u00a0And in John 1:14 we learn,\u00a0<i>And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his glory, the glory as of a father\u2019s only son, full of grace and truth<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>In his Prologue John the Gospel writer<\/b> speaks of the pre-existence of the Word of God. From all eternity the Word has been enthroned in the magnificence of the glory of heaven. But Joh also speaks of the incarnation of the Word: he is a Person who took up residence with us. The Word incarnate was full of\u00a0<i>grace and truth<\/i>, John tells us. <i>We have seen his glory<\/i>, he testifies. John was either spinning a falsehood or witnessing to a truth that is beyond human invention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Indeed, The Gospel of John, together with the other three Gospels, reveals <b>a <i>transcendent<\/i> figure<\/b>. The esteemed ancient historian Dr Edwin Judge once commented: \u2018An ancient historian has no problem seeing the phenomenon of Jesus as an historical one. \u2026 The writings that sprang up about Jesus also reveal to us a movement of thought and an experience of life so unusual that something much more substantial than the imagination is needed to explain it\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Furthermore, Paul the Apostle in his <i>Letter to the Colossians<\/i>, chapter 1, verse 5, speaks of <b>the gospel as\u00a0<i>the word of the truth<\/i><\/b><i>.\u00a0<\/i>He could have left out any reference to the words\u00a0<i>the truth<\/i>, but he doesn\u2019t. He wants to stress that the Christian message is true. Paul\u2019s words reflect not only the words of the Gospel of John but also those of Luke who states that he had verified his account of Jesus Christ with <i>eyewitnesses<\/i> (Luke 1:1-2). Strange as it may seem the Bible accounts of Jesus are verifiable and true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Over the years the Christian church has been criticised for taking a western religion to other cultures. But what we often forget is that <b>Christianity is not a western faith<\/b>. Its origins are in the Middle-East. More significant is the point that Paul makes in Colossians, chapter 1, verses 6 and 7: the Christian gospel is for\u00a0<b><i>all<\/i><\/b>\u00a0the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">All this brings us back to the question of\u00a0<i>knowledge<\/i>. When we ask <i>the right questions<\/i> we discern that <b>there are some essential assumptions that undergird scientific or philosophical naturalism<\/b> \u2013 assumptions that cannot be tested and which require a step of faith. On the other hand, the step of faith in the statement that there is a creator God, is not a blind step. Its essence is grounded in a verifiable historical figure \u2013 Jesus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This is the Jesus Christ to whom the believers in Colossae had responded. He brings us the good news that we need to embrace ourselves and introduce others to, today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>A Prayer<\/i><\/b> <i>\u2013 for the first Sunday in Advent:<\/i> Almighty God, give us grace so that we may cast away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came amongst us in great humility: so that on the last day, when he comes again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;40px|||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>\u00a9 John G. Mason<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Please consider an <i>end of year gift<\/i> to this ministry.\u00a0Donations in the US are tax deductible. Gifts can be made <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/give\/\">here<\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"&amp;#8216;Advent: The Right Questions\u2019\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-11-29T01:00:00+11:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT8M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"&amp;#8216;Advent: The Right Questions\u2019\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"7.6\" \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?podcast_id=124807564&amp;media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fword_on_wednesday%2FAdvent--The-Right-Questions.mp3#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/?powerpress_pinw=31419-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/content.blubrry.com\/word_on_wednesday\/Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Advent--The-Right-Questions.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 8:18 &#8212; 7.6MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/3oaVMRpfARBkj4dyfEZcC0\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/anglicanconnection.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>In his book,\u00a0The Right Questions\u00a0(2002), the late Phillip Johnson wrote that at the heart of the cultural changes today is the sharp divergence between two very different world views: the Christian view that states (as in John 1:1-4):\u00a0\u201cIn the beginning was the Word\u2026\u201d; and scientific materialism that says,\u00a0&#8220;In the\u00a0beginning\u00a0were the\u00a0particles\u201d (p.136). 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