MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
          "ORIGINS" -- AN ANSWER TO EVOLUTION
                       FILM REVIEW

   "The battle for humankind's future must be waged and won in the
public school classroom by teachers who perceive their role as the
proselytizers of a new faith... These teachers... will be ministers of
another sort, utilizing a classroom instead of a pulpit to convey
humanist values in whatever subject they teach, regardless of the
educational level-- preschool day care or large state university.  The
classroom must and will become an arena of conflict between the old
and the new--the rotting corps of Christianity, together with all its
adjacent evils and misery, and the new faith of humanism... "

   So stated John Dunphy of the University of Illinois in his article,
"A Religion for a New Age" which appeared in the January/February 1983
issue of THE HUMANIST.

   Dunphy--as have other humanists before him--has clearly defined the
enmity which exists between the God-haters of this generation and true
believers in Christ.

   It is significant that Christianity is singled out as the object of
the humanists' wrath.  This is because humanists recognize
Christianity as the only obstacle to their plans for a godless society
wherein dwelleth unrighteousness.

   Thus we have seen a consistent effort on the part of our enemies to
capture the minds of our youth by using our public schools to teach
their anti-Christ doctrines.

   Evidence of this warfare between Christianity and humanism abounds
within our educational system, especially in its preoccupation with
and bias toward the teaching of evolution. This to the exclusion of
even considering the scientific evidences against that theory.

   But now, thanks to Eden Films of Elmwood, Illinois, Christian
pastors and teachers have another effective tool to aid in thier fight
against the humanist influence in the secular classroom.  ORIGINS--HOW
THE WORLD CAME TO BE is a six-part film series presenting the creation
science viewpoint.  Narrated by Dr. Arthur E. Wilder-Smith, one of the
world's most acclaimed scientists, and featuring a host of other
well-known scientists who hold the creationist position, ORIGINS
refutes with hard scientific evidence several of the more notable
arguments of the evolutionists.

   The series carries a salvation message as a closing statement.  But
its format is generally scientific in scope, and wisely considers the
evidences for creation and evolution on their own merits.  In this way
the films are designed to appeal the honest, inquiring, intellectual
mind, while at the same time presenting their message in terms easily
understood by the layman.

   The six thirty-minute films are entitled: THE ORIGIN OF THE
UNIVERSE; THE  EARTH, A YOUNG PLANET?; THE ORIGIN OF LIFE; THE ORIGIN
OF SPECIES; THE ORIGIN OF MANKIND; and THE FOSSIL RECORD.

   ORIGINS won the 1982 award from the Christian Film Distributors
Association as the Best Film Series of the Year. In addition, film
number three in the series, THE ORIGIN OF LIFE, won the award as Best
Documentary of the Year.

   This series is a must for churches desiring to protect their
people--young and old alike--from the onslaught of humanistic
non-values and arm them with the truth.  Once students see these films
they'll rightly question what they hear in the classroom.

   Proverbs 11:9 tells us "...through knowledge shall the just be
delivered.  "This knowledge is God's knowledge, "...for the Lord is a
God of knowledge"  (1 Sam 2:3).  ORIGINS offers knowledge of God's
creation.  Ask your pastor to take advantage of its unique
presentation by arranging for its showing in your church.  ORIGINS is
available from your Christian film distributor, or from Films for
Christ, N. Eden Rd., Elmwood, IL 61529, (309) 565-7722.

   We are in the last hours of this age.  What we do to win souls and
protect God's people from the present danger will have eternal
consequences.  We must take advantage of every means that God has
provided to carry out His work.

Contributed by The Manna System