I finally got around to watching the Bill Nye The Science Guy? vs. Ken Ham debate. As many have said, it was an instance of Ham acknowledging his assumptions while Nye refused to admit that he was assuming anything. I appreciated Ham's commitment to discussing presuppositions, instead of getting bogged down with how to properly understand a rock we dug up.

But my biggest takeaway? There are a lot of sophisticated, educated Christians with letters attached to their name, and most of them look down their nose at Ken Ham, using monikers like "fundamentalist" to dismiss and deride him.

These are the same types who insist that Holy Scripture is the result of an extended Telephone Game, rather than being breathed out by God. They have very sophisticated explanations like Q Theory and J.E.D.P. Theory to explain how we got the Bible, rather than simply affirming that men wrote as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Me? I'll take Ken Ham's simple faith and trust in God's word. You can keep your diplomas, doctorates, and high-brow vocabulary. He doesn't get it all right, but his theology is orthodox and his views on everything are founded on Scripture. How many of us can honestly say that? Is Jesus going to congratulate us: "Well done, good and faithful scholar"?

Before anyone says it, I am certainly not saying that we should embrace anti-intellectualism. I'm only saying that if your intellectualism doesn't start with the Bible, you're doing it wrong. And I see a lot of the university types starting with science, logic, reason, or even tradition. None of those things are Scripture. Start with Scripture. The rest of it will take care of itself.

Ken Ham humbly submits to God's Word and has spent his life encouraging others to believe Christ's words: "Your Word is truth." I pray that my life will be spent doing that very same thing. And if there are dinosaurs involved, all the better.