Lessons from the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye Creation Debate

I was one of the thousands whose internet browsers were
humming on February 4 with the video feed coming from the Creation Museum in Northern
Kentucky.  I watched with affectionate
support of an earnest brother seeking to promote biblical doctrine and with an
ear open to the critique of an attractive secularist personality.  I did not expect real ground to be gained in
the debate between evolution and biblical creation.  My interest was mainly devoted to insights that
this debate would shed on the relationship of biblical Christianity to a
cultural dominated by hostile secularism. 
In this respect, I found the debate to be instructive, and would like to highlight three points that I thought were of interest.