In this special TBN “Praise the Lord” program, host Matt Crouch interviews his guests Ken Ham, Ray Comfort, Dr. John A. Bloom, Sean McDowell, Eric Hovind and Dr. Hugh Ross. Music is by Christian Ebner.
Ken Ham of answersingenesis.org writes:
A thrilling FYI. The TBN program last Thursday night that in reality turned into a 2 hour debate between me and Hugh Ross has become the number one popular program in the itbn.org website. As of this post, the number of plays is 21,142! I just praise the Lord there is so much interest and I believe most who watch this program (from the hundreds of comments I’ve received on Facebook and in emails, etc) really get the point that the age of the earth issue is actually an authority issue. The bottom line battle (that is no different in reality to that which began in Genesis 3) is–do we trust God’s Word or man’s word! That’s the bottom line. And the fact that so many in the church have put man’s fallible word in authority of God’s infallible Word in Genesis, is a major reason as to why we are losing biblical authority in the nation. Yes, God’s people need to stand unashamedly, boldly and uncompromisingly on the authority of the Word of God. I encourage you to keep spreading the link to this epic debate to your friends, pastors, church members etc.
http://www.itbn.org/index/detail/lib/Networks/sublib/TBN/ec/RjNW53NDodbPdWZMesby0hMNzxHCg2Kk
Here’s the program:
As someone who is undecided on the age of the universe debate,I was very disappointed in Ken Ham’s lack of respect for the old earth camp ,especially Hugh Ross.Ken repeatedly interrupted Hugh every time he spoke and would not let him complete a thought.I think Ken was way off base when he kept questioning Hugh’s adherence to the Bible.I was proud of Hugh and Sean McDowell for trying to keep the peace and focus on the essential issue of trusting in Christ.
Interesting Abel how we could view the same event so differently. As the saying goes, “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” and in this case, the eye of the one watching the debate. For my part, I was extremely frustrated that Dr. Ross refused to answer Ken’s question as to whether or not he believed there was suffering, disease and death before sin and very much appreciated Ken Ham’s relentless passion, to press the claims of the Genesis Scripture on the discussion and to not let Dr. Ross get away with avoiding the issue.
I have not spent much time on this topic and I think the clear reading of scripture seems to point to a young earth.I watch a lot of debates and think its important that both sides are able to speak and give their case.
On a side note,I love your blog and check it out daily.I also read your book,”Twelve what abouts” and it was extremely helpful in my understanding of these tough texts that seemed on the surface to contradict the doctrines of grace.Keep up the good work and God bless.