Gospel Prism

Phil at PastorBlog.com reports that Creation Ministries Interenational is suing Answers in Genesis. Kentucky.com (a secular news source) reports:

Among other things, the suit claims the Kentucky group stole subscribers for its Answers magazine by claiming that the Australians’ Creation magazine was “no longer available.” The suit is the most public move in what has been a growing rift between groups that are spreading the same Garden of Eden creation message on opposite sides of the globe. Both groups believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible, that the earth and everything else was created in six days around 6,000 years ago.

Now I don’t know all of the facts. But I do know that this is now in the press and all the world is watching. Carl Wieland began the first creationist group. He is quoted in the article: “Wieland said he still hoped for Christian arbitration with Ham. But, he said, CMI was left with no choice but to sue. ‘At the end of the day … there has to be right-doing,’ he said. ‘Things can’t just be swept under the carpet.’”

The point of these groups is that they read and interpret Genesis literally. It’s too bad that Dr. Wieland doesn’t interpret 1 Corinthians 6:1-8 literally:

When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matters pertaining to this life! 4 So if you have such cases, why do you lay them before those who have no standing in the church? 5 I say this to your shame. Can it be that there is no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between the brothers, 6 but brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers? 7 To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 But you yourselves wrong and defraud—even your own brothers!

In light of this text, I find it very hard to see how Dr. Wieland’s words hold true, “CMI was left with no choice (?) but to sue.” I hope this leaves the law court and returns before the church as it should be. Surely, a ministry like Ken Sande’s Peacemaker Ministries would be better suited here.