The return of "What About?" Wednesdays! Text us your questions for apologist and pastor Robby Lashua! Today: Arizona's Grand Canyon is considered the "Eighth Wonder of the World". Epic is scale, it is difficult for most to imagine what momentous force produced this colossal, natural beauty. "Most" does not include Biblical creationist Russ Miller. Miller describes the Grand Canyon as a "scar of God's judgment", a remnant of a universal deluge that overwhelmed the Earth during the time of Noah. He points to Psalm 46:8: "Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He has made in the Earth.", and explains there is much, much more to the geology of the American southwest than we had been led to believe... Background: In the summer of 2016, the annual Crusaders Charge into Summer Reading campaign introduced us to Russ Miller, a storied and established Biblical creationist who lives, believe it or not, off-the-grid in a crater in northern Arizona. If that were not crazy enough, during that summer, Miller introduced us to his book, "The Cost", and he made two audacious claims. First, Russ Miller claimed that the universe and all of creation was established by God in six 24-hour days, less than 10,000 years ago. He claimed he had scientific and scriptural evidence to back up his claims. Second, Miller claimed that if our nation continued to deny God the creator and the concept of "Imago Dei" -- that we are created in the image and likeness of God, on purpose, and for a purpose -- our culture would go into a freefall, losing all concept of right and wrong, falling into chaos and disorder. Now, ten years later, Russ Miller is back and his warnings and worries have exploded into reality. Our country and our culture are mired in confusion about truth, gender, marriage, race, identity, spirituality, and more. We are paying what Miller called "The Cost" of losing track of who we are and whose we are. This summer, we're going deep into creationism. We are going to spend time with audacious individuals who believe in Young Earth, Old Earth, Theistic Evolution, Geocentricity, and, yes, a Flat Earth. Our journey will be anchored in God's word as we enjoy some pretty amazing conversations. But, at the end of the day, diverse positions aside, every moment and every word of the KingdomCultureConversations.com episodes that we will hear this summer (between May 11th and September 28th) will be rooted in one truth: You were created on purpose and for a purpose. To learn more about Russ Miller and his organization, "Creation and Evolution Science Ministries", please follow this link. To get a copy of "Consider the Cost", you can pick up a free copy of the book in the three offices of Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona or you can order a copy by clicking here. "Kingdom Culture Conversations" is a podcast created by Northwest Christian School in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information on Northwest Christian School, visit: https://www.ncsaz.org/ To reach out to Geoff Brown, please email gbrown@ncsaz.org or you can reach him by cell phone: (623)225-5573.
