Connection Between The Rejection of the Gospel and Evolution?

Dr. Couch, I read somewhere that you said there was a connection between rejection of the gospel and evolution. Would you explain that? ANSWER:  While the idea of evolution is not in the context of Acts 14:15-17, I believe a connection can be made. For example Paul said to the crowds at Lystra that God sent the gospel in order that the pagan world might turn from their vain idolatry to "a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them." The gospel will lead men to the sovereign Lord who created all things. This means there is no room for the godless teaching of chance-evolution.    In the past God permitted the nations to go their way in their disbelief and false theologies (v. 16). "Permitted" (aeo) is in the Aorist Tense and should be translated "to leave alone," "to let go." The Lord left men to follow their own sinful tendencies and inclinations. The root idea of "way" is road. They were left to travel their own roads to destruction without the knowledge of the gospel.    However, He left a witness, i.e. He did them good and gave them the rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, even satisfying their hearts with food and gladness (v. 17). Yet men spurn the blessings of nature. They refuse to believe the benefits of this world come from Him. It all materialized by natural, evolutionary processes, and man with his own strength and ingenuity is now somehow responsible for it all. God is left out of creation and even the sustaining of the natural world.    Because the world is more adamant about the rejection of the gospel than ever before, I believe we are now in the apostasy. God's anger is building and the end will soon be near.    Thanks for asking.    Dr. Mal Couch