Fourteen years. That’s how long I have spent as a student in Christian education. From the beginning of preschool until I graduated high school I attended the same small, Christian school in Michigan. Don’t get me wrong, I truly loved it and owe a lot of who I am, what I know, and what I believe to Christian education. But that is just it. When you spend so much time in any environment, especially during the time when you’re learning how to think and what to think, you will be affected by that environment. In my case, Christian education was really positive for me. I left for college with a strong faith, great friends, supportive teachers, and a good education; I felt like I was ready to take on the world’s toughest questions, equipped with all the answers.
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@MattZandee Your blog today reminds us of why the work done by Biologos is important. I grieve to think of those who fall away from Christ when confronted with the false dichotomy presented by some, and see no option but to reject the whole of the gospel.
I am glad to have discovered this article. It really helps to put a lot of the things I have been thinking about, over the past couple of years, into perspective. While I am not certain that the path of learning I am on will lead to Theistic evolution, it is good to know that other true believers in Christ ate comfortable with that conclusion.