Review: Gospel Reset by Ken Ham
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Today, I wanted to review a great little book by Ken Ham called The Gospel Reset. I hope you enjoy this review and find it helpful.
So, Gospel Reset by Ken Ham… We actually picked this book up when we went to the Ark Encounter (you can check out our family adventure video of that trip here COMING SOON) and the Creation Museum in Kentucky (we also have a fun family adventure video about the museum you can check out here).
This book is definitely one we would recommend as a resource, especially for homeschoolers. We actually found Answers in Genesis pretty early on in our journey to truly being converted. I grew up in a Christian school setting; Josh did not—he grew up attending government school. So he was taught evolution as truth. I was taught creationism, but it was never clearing or thoroughly explained to me in a way that I thought that I could defend. So I fell prey to trying to wedge in millions of years and evolution into Genesis. And neither of us really gave much thought to how much Genesis. And the thought had never crossed our mind about whether the Bible was inerrant, sufficient, and true from beginning to end. We just went with what we were told.
That is, until our daughter came along. The Lord used things that our daughter loves—like dinosaurs—to help put us on the path to understanding that Scripture is inerrant, sufficient, and that the Lord gives us the information we need. Once we started researching to find the best materials to teach her from a Biblical worldview, we realized that evolution and millions of years is not biblical and cannot be wedged into Genesis without undermining Scripture and creating all sorts of problems when it comes to reading the Bible with correct interpretation.
And Answers in Genesis was one of the first and best resources we have come across that really tackles these issues that raised in our time relating to science from a Biblical worldview. So that’s how we ended up reading Ken Ham’s book and visiting both the Ark and the Creation Museum.
Now that I have thoroughly explained the who, what, when, where and why of how we came to be reading Gospel Reset, let’s discuss it. So, as a whole this book a book about evangelizing. It is very helpful in breaking down some of the statistics about people within the church, people leaving the church, and people outside of the church. It also discusses common beliefs held by those inside AND outside of the church. It does a very good job of breaking down different ways of evangelizing to different groups.
It is a shorter book full of Ken Ham’s fun and wit. I personally liked that it has some of the graphics that Answers in Genesis uses in some of their presentations printed right there for you to see. So, if you are a more visual learner, this is a great book for you!
This isn’t an end all, teach you every kind of argument for apologetics kind of book. That isn’t it’s purpose. The premise for the entire book is the difference between an Acts 2 kind of culture and an Acts 17 kind of culture. For me, this was very intriguing. We were actually going through Acts at church while I was reading this book, so that was very timely.
Since this is the defining point of the book, let me give you a quick snap shot of the differences between Acts 2 & 17. In Acts 2, we see Peter speaking to the Jews and those of the Jewish faith after Pentecost. And in Acts 17 we see Paul preaching to the Greeks who have no background to know anything about the God of the Hebrews. They have a plethora of other gods, so it’s nothing for them to add another god to those.
So, here you have two different examples in Scripture, of how to go about evangelizing to two different groups of people. You have Group A that has the background information of knowing about the God of the Bible. This group will be more familiar with terms, historical accounts, and things of that nature that relate to the Christian faith. Then you have Group B who, like the Greeks of Acts 17, don’t understand these things like the Jews and those of the Jewish faith do. They believe in multiple gods and ok with adding more. They seek knowledge and wisdom above everything else. It’s a very interesting contrast.
Ken Ham’s main point in the book is that we use to live in more of an Acts 2 kind of culture. People understood what “sin” meant, at least had some respect for the Bible and the church to some degree, among other things. Now, we live in more of an Acts 17 kind of culture. People don’t have a grasp of what sin is anymore, they don’t understand the purpose of the church, they don’t respect the Bible, and many have a very distorted view of Christianity and Jesus. This goes for people both inside and outside of the church.
So Mr. Ham really gives a great contrast of these differences and what seems to have brought these changes about as well as solutions for how we can evangelize in this very different culture than we are use to here in western societies.
I found this to be very helpful. As I said earlier, this isn’t a ver large book, but it is a great introduction to help you prepare to evangelize. Often, our flesh uses our fear to keep us from sharing the Gospel with others. One easy way of fighting that is to arm yourself with the Word and knowledge to make you feel more confident of what you will say. And a book like this gives great advise for addressing a group of people who have no understanding of the Bible. It helps equip us with the right way of addressing certain questions or objections they may have. The Gospel Reset is a great companion book to help you in becoming more confident that you can provide an answer to people that are growing more worldly by the second.
Now, this book will not have an answer to every question or objection you may encounter, but it’s a good place to start. It’s a great primer to apologetics and evangelism both. The book will also help you to disciple those who claim Christianity or who are babies in their faith who many not truly understand concepts and terms relating to our faith.
The ultimate point is that we are all sinners and we should love our neighbor and even our enemies enough to share the gospel with them! And this book will help you become more prepared to do just that! We highly recommend The Gospel Reset and hope you will find it as edifying as I did!
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