Bridge of Reason

  The proverb reads, ‘ Get wisdom; get insight (understanding NASB) ; do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.’ (Prov.4:5 ESV) The words of a father to his son, take pains to gain wisdom and insight, though it cost you dear, you will be rewarded. There W as a T ime… I am reading Richard Milton’s Shattering the Myths of Darwinism. There was a time when I would have simply allowed the book to inform me, uncritically taking aboard his carefully reasoned arguments. Those days are long gone. These days I often find myself asking ‘what don’t I know? What insight, what understanding do I lack that, if I had it , might help me better judge what I am reading?’ This will send me scurrying off to authorities I trust to help me make up what I lack. Our teachers should be as fathers to us, giving us the wisdom and insight the proverb writer urges us to seek. Sure enough, I found a wise and authoritative review of the book on the creation website. You can read it her...