MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

"ORIGINS" -- AN ANSWER TO EVOLUTION


FILM REVIEW

"The battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the public
school classroom by teachers who perceive their role as the proselytizers of a 
new faith... These teachers... will be ministers of another sort, utilizing a 
classroom instead of a pulpit to convey humanist values in whatever subject 
they teach, regardless of the educational level - preschool day care or large 
state university.  The classroom must and will become an arena of conflict 
between the old and the new - the rotting corps of Christianity, together with 
all its adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism... "

So stated John Dunphy of the University of Illinois in his article, "A
Religion for a New Age" which appeared in the January / February 1983 issue of 
THE HUMANIST. 

Dunphy - as have other humanists before him - has clearly defined the
enmity which exists between the God-haters [sic] of this generation and true
believers in Christ. 

It is significant that Christianity is singled out as the object of the
humanists' wrath.  This is because humanists recognize Christianity as the 
only obstacle to their plans for a godless society [sic] wherein dwelleth
unrighteousness [sic].

Thus we have seen a consistent effort on the part of our enemies [sic]
to capture the minds of our youth by using our public schools to teach their
anti-Christ doctrines [sic].

Evidence of this warfare between Christianity and humanism abounds
within our educational system, especially in its preoccupation with and bias 
toward the teaching of evolution.  This to the exclusion of even considering 
the scientific evidences against that theory. 

But now, thanks to Eden Films of Elmwood, Illinois, Christian pastors
and teachers have another effective tool to aid in their fight against the 
humanist influence in the secular classroom.  ORIGINS -HOW THE WORLD CAME TO 
BE is a six-part film series presenting the creation science viewpoint.  
Narrated by Dr. Arthur E. Wilder-Smith, one of the world's most acclaimed 
scientists [sic], and featuring a host of other well-known scientists who
hold the creationist position, ORIGINS refutes with hard scientific
evidence [sic] several of the more notable arguments of the evolutionists.

The series carries a salvation message as a closing statement. But its
format is generally scientific in scope, and wisely considers the evidences 
for creation and evolution on their own merits.  In this way the films are 
designed to appeal the honest, inquiring, intellectual mind, while at the same 
time presenting their message in terms easily understood by the layman.

The six thirty-minute films are entitled: THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE;
THE  EARTH, A YOUNG PLANET?; THE ORIGIN OF LIFE; THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES; THE 
ORIGIN OF MANKIND; and THE FOSSIL RECORD. 

ORIGINS won the 1982 award from the Christian Film Distributors
Association as the Best Film Series of the Year. In addition, film number 
three in the series, THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, won the award as Best Documentary of 
the Year.

This series is a must for churches desiring to protect their people -
young and old alike - from the onslaught of humanistic non-values [sic]
and arm them with the truth [sic].  Once students see these films they'll
rightly [sic] question what they hear in the classroom.

Proverbs 11:9 tells us "...through knowledge shall the just be
delivered.  "This knowledge is God's knowledge, "...for the Lord is a God of 
knowledge"  (1 Sam 2:3).  ORIGINS offers knowledge of God's creation.  Ask 
your pastor to take advantage of its unique presentation by arranging for its 
showing in your church.  ORIGINS is available from your Christian film 
distributor, or from Films for Christ, N. Eden Rd., Elmwood, IL 61529,
(309) 565-7722.

We are in the last hours of this age.  What we do to win souls and
protect God's people from the present danger will have eternal consequences.  
We must take advantage of every means that God has provided to carry out His 
work. 

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