Theistic Evolution

What about the Day-Age and other theories?

This is the third and last in a series concerning Theistic Evolution. The term Theistic Evolution is used here as an umbrella term for attempts, mostly by Christians, to combine evolution or millions and billions of years of earth history with the Bible. Although, some of the proponents claim to reject evolution, they open the [...]

What About the Gap Theory?

This is the second in a series about attempts to reconcile a supposed ancient earth (millions or billions of years old) with the Bible.  One of these attempts is the Gap Theory, which after two centuries is still popular today, even among conservative Christians. As mentioned in the first blog, by the end of the 18th [...]

Can Evolution and the Bible be Reconciled?

If we believe Jesus when He said Adam and Eve were created “at the beginning” (i.e., the sixth day of creation – Matthew 19:4), and we take the genealogies of chapters 5 and 11 of Genesis literally as historical narrative, we see that the earth is about 6,000 years old.  Yet today, most Christian theologians, [...]

Did God Really Create the Universe in Six Literal Days?

God is omnipotent and infinite.  He could have created the universe in any amount of time He wanted – even six nanoseconds.  But He says in His Word that He created the universe in six days and there are six reasons to accept these as literal 24-hour days rather than six ages as presupposed by [...]