When
the Discovery Channel airs “Rameses: Wrath Of God Or Man?” on
Sunday, December 5, many people in your congregation will be led to
examine the relationship between faith and science. Are they equipped?
Prior
to the program’s premiere, some pastors are gearing up
to speak on the issue of Biblical inerrancy in a science-driven culture.
How can faith endure when scientific discovery challenges the very
facts that the Bible tells us? Does science have to be an enemy of
faith?
Christians
believe that the Jewish slaves in Egypt were released from captivity
when God used the 10th Plague to kill the first-born
son of
Pharaoh Rameses II.
But
while conducting archaeological digs in Egypt’s Valley of the
Kings, renowned Professor Kent Weeks found a tomb believed to
contain many of Rameses’ sons. Four skulls have been discovered
that Weeks believes may be those of the ruler’s elder sons.
With
the help of the latest forensic science, Dr. Weeks’ team hopes
to determine each skull’s identity, death age and scenario.
To carry out that research, the team is currently examining
the skulls with
delicate but rigorous scientific testing.
One
skull in question–which may be that of Rameses’ first-born
son–shows signs of a violent death, which leads to
the question, “Could
Rameses’ son have been killed not by the hand of God…but
by the hand of man?”
Christian
apologist Alister McGrath, who is principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
University; Dr. Kent Weeks; Professor Kenneth
Kitchen, the leading
authority on Rameses; Sheikh Dr. M.A. Zaki Badawi, principal
of the Muslim College in London, and Professor Israel Finkelstein,
Tel Aviv
University
will debate science versus religion.
“Rameses:
Wrath Of God Or Man?” also includes striking visual effects
recreating key biblical events, including Rameses riding
into battle with 600 chariots, the parting of the Red Sea, the striking
down of the
firstborn and Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
Driven
by faith, science or a confluence of the two, this Discovery Channel
special reveals how the discovery of
a single skull
could lead to new
questions about our basic traditions. Will your flock be
ready? Are you?
Read
more at http://www.crosswalk.com/faith/pastors/1297651.html
“Rameses: Wrath Of God Or Man?” premieres
Sunday, December 5 from 9-11 p.m. (ET/PT). |
