Ebook: The Heresy Of Ham: What Every Evangelical Needs To Know About The Creation-Evolution Controversy

This book examines the claims of the Young Earth Creationist movement. In particular, the work of Ken Ham is scrutinized and compared with creedal Christianity.

The reason why the creation/evolution debate has become so heated and controversial is because it tends to get really complicated and confusing. What I try to do in this book is to clearly lay out some of the basic issues concerning the proper role of science, the proper interpretation of the Bible, and the history of interpretation of Genesis 1-11 in the Church. Such a focus will hopefully put the whole creation/evolution debate in a clearer light, enabling one to make better sense of it all.

This book is written primarily for Christians, particularly those within Evangelicalism. However, I think anyone with questions regarding the creation/evolution debate will profit from this book. With that in mind, I want to make a few things clear. First, the Christian faith and the reliability and truthfulness of the Bible do not depend on the outcome of the creation/evolution debate. Evolution is a scientific theory that does not threaten Christianity, even though many people think it does. If you allow me a bit of hyperbole, the theory of evolution is no more a threat to the Bible than photosynthesis. It only is seen as a threat when certain people (both atheists and young earth creationists alike) try to claim that evolution is more than it actually is.