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As Christians, we believe God is in charge of all life – even technological “advances”. God has a purpose for us to discover what we discover, at the time and in the way we discover it. This is good news, because God knows much better than we do what is best.
At the same time, this is a hard truth to hold onto. It’s counter-cultural. As theologian Miroslav Volf puts it –
“It is increasingly difficult for Christians to [assert that] God governs history and that the salvation of the world can, let alone must, come from God. And the more God is pushed out of our world, the more difficult it will be to address this loving God in prayer and thanksgiving, and to stand before this holy God in awe and reverence.”
Yes, it is difficult to assert that God governs history. If you do, then you are left with a God that is responsible for history. You are left with a God to explain situations and events that can be explained more and more by known processes and experiences. If modern biology can explain the creation of life by common processes, and if death and sickness disappear more and more thanks to comprehension of those processes, the common view of God will recede in the minds of many. That process seems to be taking place today.
Tags: God, Christianity, Creation, biology
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