In every time period, geographical location, and culture, the
goal of evangelism is to translate the unchanging Gospel of
Jesus Christ into meaningful concepts that can be understood,
accepted, and obeyed by a specific culture or group (Hesselgrave
and Rommen, 2000, p. 1). This process is most commonly referred
to as contextualization. On the other hand, the process of
syncretism is when biblical truth is altered due to pressure
from the culture to which it is being communicated. The
syncretized message is one that has forfeited truth and
substituted in place of that truth concepts that are culturally
acceptable and “meaningful,” but which lack a basis in truth and
Scripture. Much syncretism has occurred due to the pressure and
presence of atheistic evolution and modern “scientific” thinking
in our secular, 21st-century American culture. This syncretism
has manifested itself in numerous theories that compromise the
Genesis account of Creation of which the most popular seems to
be the Day-Age Theory. The Age o