Caution about Inflated Assessments of Human Abilities
I am dabbling in the Crossway Book, Science and Grace, and it's really, really thought provoking. Here's one meditation point from page 163.
Point of Hope: Because Christianity holds to the doctrine of the transcendence of God, that is, He is our great, exalted Creator-God who made everything, then we may rightly conclude that it is a Christian thing to search out and discover all things for the sake of the increase of our understanding. God is our God, we know Him through faith, and so, bingo--we have hope and purpose about investigating all that He has made. It is good to pursue knowledge of Him and His ways in the earth.
Point of Caution: Although the Christian assumption just above about God gives warrant for the pursuit of scientific inquiry, man has ventured into what this book calls, “inflated assessments of human abilities.” The caution comes as Christians think that really and truly coming to know God--like the glorious attributes of His power, wisdom, knowledge and infinity, for example, is predominantly a scientific endeavor. The authors conclude about this: “While most Christians would reject this role for science, we often find ourselves looking hopefully for validation or fearing the ridicule of the science of the day in ways that belie this rejection.”
Good stuff.
G. Mark Sumpter
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