Churches of Christ Salute You with a Herald of Truth: God's Word and Works Agree James Willeford
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Abilene Christian University Digital Commons @ ACU Herald of Truth Audio Herald of Truth Records 11-16-1952 Churches of Christ Salute You with a Herald of Truth: God's Word and Works Agree James Willeford Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_audio Recommended Citation Willeford, James, "Churches of Christ Salute You with a Herald of Truth: God's Word and Works Agree" (1952). Herald of Truth Audio. 192. https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/hot_audio/192 This Audio is brought to you for free and open access by the Herald of Truth Records at Digital Commons @ ACU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Herald of Truth Audio by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ACU. erald of ruth the Bible overboard because of this statement. But in view of the facts we have studied, should we not be very hesitant to cast aside the Bible? Suppose the Bible had agreed with all the theories of .:;cience in 1861? If it had, then it would be completely James D. Willeford November 16, 1952 out of harmony with science of today. So, we cannot expect the we are living in an age that prides itself with being scien Bible to agree with all the theories of science. Theories are so tific. When a question comes Ul> for discussion, many want to changeable that no such agreement is possible. But when some· know "What does science say about it?" This is in striking thing is established as a scientific fact, unquestioned and contr~st with a few generations ago when the Bible was consid unquestionable, there is no disagreement between the Bible and ered the final voice in all matters, and not much heed was given real science. But as Paul said there is a science that is falsely to science. But we are living in a new day,. when old standards so-called. are being tested and tried. Let me hasten to say that I do not It is well also for us to be reminded of the fact that there regret the fact that the Bible is being tested and tried ~r?m is such a thing as false religion. There is Scripture, falsely every conceivable viewpoint. My faith in the Bible as a d1vme so-called. Of course, we cannot expect false religion to agree book is such that I have all confidence it will stand every test with true science. So, as we study this subject let us remember that may be applied to it. that all is not science that poses as science and all is not scrip· As we study about the Bible and sciemce perhaps we should ture that poses as scripture. If there seems to be a discrepancy define the terms we use. The Bible is the revealed, written word between science and scripture it is caused either by people's of God. Science is a correlated body of absolute knowledge of ignorance of science or by their ignorance of scripture. the works of God. It is a pyramid of unquestioned and unques As an example of this, it has been alleged by some that tionable fact. It is unthinkable that there would be any contradic· the Bible disagrees with the science of geology relative to the tion between the Word of God, and the Work of God. Surely, age of the earth. But what is the age of the earth. The answers what God has done agrees with what He has said. of geologists range from ten thousand years to 10,000 million It must be kept in mind that there is such a things as false years. Dr. Croll estimated the age of the earth to be at the most science. Paul said, "Oh, Timothy, keep that which is committed 20 million years. Darwin said it was more than 300 million years. to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings and oppositions Sir. Charles Lyell said it was about 400 million. And Prof. of science falsely so called." (1 Tim. 6:20.) So, there is a pseudo· Ramsay made it fully 10,000 million years. Other eminent science. And there are always numerous theories of science. And scientists have set their estimates at various places between there are always numerous theories of science which shou-ld not these figures. If the Bible is to agree with scientists on the age be labeled as facts of science at all. These theories are constant of the earth, then we ask, WITH WHICH SCIENTISTS? How ly being discarded and revised. This is true to the extent that can the Bible agree with men who cannot agree among them· a ten year old text in most of the sciences is very much out of selves date. Theories of yesterday give way to new theories of today Some of you may be surprised to know that there is no and thus it shall ever continue to be. It is said that the Library possible way for the Bible to be out of harmony with science on of the Louvre in Paris contains thre,e and a half miles of book the age of the earth! The Bible does reveal the age of the earth. shelves holding volumes of science that have become obsolete The only thing the Bible writers say as to when God created in the past fifty years. In 1861 the French Academy of Science the ea rth is that He did it "In the beginning." (Gen. 1: 1.) It could published what it called 51 scientific facts, each of which it be said that the earth is ten thousand or ten million years old was alleged, contradicted some passage of scripture. Ninety-one and he Bible would not have any statement that disagrees with years have gone by since that was written. Not a word of the it. Bible has changed during that time. In these same years the My friends, there arP. no scientific errors in the Bible even knowledge of. science has so changed th;tt there is not a man though the books of the Bible were written in the day of of science who, today holds to one of those 51 so-called facts. scientific ignorance. Moses, who wrote the first five books of There are people who have heard it said that the Bible doe!; the Bible, lived in an Egyptian culture. The Egyptians believe not agree with science. This is a statement that ha·s been made the earth was hatched from a winged egg. They taught that the repeatedly in recent years. And there are people who have cas.t: Page 3 Page 2 YOU MAY HEAR THE HERALD OF TRUTH OVER THESE STATIONS Alaba ma, Anniston WHMA 1450 1 :00 p.in. Maine, Bangor WABI 910 1 :00 p.m. Penn., J ohnstown W CRO 1230 7:00 p.m. Auburn WAUD 1230 1:00 p.m. Portland WPOR 1450 9:00a.m. Philadelphia WFIL 560 2: 00 p.m. Birmingham WSGN 1110 8:00 a .m. Maryland, Baltimore WFBR 1300 3:00p.m. Pltteburg WCAE 1250 3 :00 p.m. Florence WJOI 1340 9:30a.m. Cumberland WDYK 1230 8:00a.m. Wilkes· Barre WILK 980 5:00p.m. Gadsden WGAD 1850 1:00 p.m. Mass., Gardner WHOB 1490 l :OOp.m. R. Island, Providence WPJB 1420 1 :00 p.m. Huntevile WHBS 1490 1:00 p.m. Lawrence WLAW 680 1:00 p.m. S. 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