Question:  To whom it may concern,

            The other day in my English class the subject of evolution came up.  As I was trying to express my opinion and beliefs in creation I realized that I didn’t have that much information to back up my opinion.  I got stuck at the question of how people came about having different races.  How did our planet come about having people with really dark skin colors?  I have other questions too, but this is enough for now.

            In Christ,

            Josh

Answer:  Dear Josh,

            This issue isn’t really a contradiction of what the Bible teaches.  The Bible tells us that God created life – including humans.  Life forms didn’t evolve from nothing, according to the Bible, but our Creator God caused life to come into existence from nothing.

            The Bible does not tell us how each race was created – according to the Bible Adam and Eve were the first humans, so the only logical explanation is that all races have the same father and mother.  This means that no race is superior or inferior to another, but rather we all have the same father and mother.  The gospel of Jesus Christ tells us the same thing, that we are al one in Christ, regardless of our race (Ephesians 2:11-22).

            We encourage you to keep studying Josh – both your schoolwork and the Bible!

            In Christ,

            Greg Albrecht