Miscellaneous – Creation Moments

Is the “Gap Theory” a viable interpretation of the creation account?

As early as 1812, Thomas Chalmers [1780-1847], evangelical professor of theology at Edinburgh, proposed a gap of as many millions of years as geology then demanded between Genesis 1:2 and 1:3. He argued that initially there had been a Pre-Adamic age that ...

What is the Local Flood Theory, and how did it come about?

For eighteen centuries after the introduction of Christianity, Christians and most non-Christians believed that there had been a great earth-destroying flood in the long distant past. The account of one man and his family having been saved from this flood...

What’s wrong with believing in the Day-Age Theory?

Following the publication of Darwin’s theory in 1859 and its apparent support from Charles Lyell’s geological studies, there have always been Christians prepared to go only so far with their faith in Scripture. The point of departure usually b...

Were there pre-Adamic civilizations?

Isaac de la Peyrére [1596-1676] was a Dutch ecclesiastic and published his Systema Theologicum ex Prae-Adamitarum Hypothesi in 1655. In this book he claimed that the Bible is only concerned with the history of the Jews. Peyrére argued that God separated...

Why was Cain a “tiller of the ground”?

Following God’s very last act of creation – that is, the creation of Eve on the first Friday evening – He blessed both Adam and Eve, then gave them their mandate: “Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over ...

Why did Abel “keep the flock” when the family was vegetarian?

God created Adam and Eve on the first Friday, and they were told to eat “of every tree whose fruit yields seed, to you it shall be for food” (Genesis 1:29-30). So they were vegetarians and ate the fruits from every tree except the tree of the ...

Gap Theory: capable of reconciling the Creation account with the long ages required by evolution?

No, it can’t. From the start, Darwin’s evolution depended upon vast spans of unprovable time to make his theory work, and Charles Lyell’s geology seemed to provide multiple millions of years. As early as 1812, Thomas Chalmers, evangelica...

What do you think of Hugh Ross and his “progressive creation”?

Dr. Hugh Ross, who has a genuine PhD in astronomy, published his book The Finger of God in 1989. In this he attempted to reconcile Scripture with the theory of evolution. He heads up a ministry called Reasons to Believe and, while he has appeared on many ...

Where does “prehistoric man” fit into the Bible’s history?

The Bible says that God created man in His own image. Where does “prehistoric man” enter the picture? Did this kind of person roam the Earth before God created Adam and Eve? The idea that there were “prehistoric men” before Adam an...

Is it true that skeletal remains of humans have been found that would put them as much as 12-13 feet

The King James translation speaks of there being “giants in the land” in the pre-Flood and immediate post-Flood world (Genesis 6:4 and Joshua 12:13). Medieval churches often had fossil bones on display, purporting to be part of some ancient gi...