This is a follow-up discussion to Will Barlow’s Scripture and Science class, part 5: Reading on Genesis One (3). If you haven’t watched or listened to that yet, you can go here or find it on the Restitutio podcast feed as episode 463 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Sean Finnegan asks Will Barlow about the Read more about Is the Gap Theory the best option?[…]
We’ve been considering the various options for interpreting the creation account in Genesis. Last time we looked at two young earth theories and today we’ll survey three old earth perspectives, including the day age theory, modified day-age theory, and a non-literal approach. For each Will Barlow explains the basics and offers a gentle critique. Listen Read more about 462 Scripture & Science 4: Reading Genesis One, Part 2 (Will Barlow)[…]
Today we’ll begin to consider interpretive options for the first chapter of Genesis. We’ll see three main groupings of theories, including those that propose a young earth of only thousands of years, those that see the earth as old (billions of years), and those that are compatible with either. After introducing the main options, Will Read more about 460 Scripture & Science 3: Reading Genesis One, Part 1 (Will Barlow)[…]