I.QUESTION: IS GENESIS 1 LITERAL?

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CREATION COMPROMISES
I. QUESTION IS GENESIS 1 LITERAL?
A. Atheists, Agnostics, Skeptics deny this.
B. Liberal Bible Believers also deny
this
the content of faith can as well be
mediated through a historically false story of a
certain kind as through a true one, through a
myth as well as through history. (Prof. V. A.
Harvey of Stanford, The Historian And The
Believer, 1966, p. 280-281).
Dr. Archie Manis gave a photocopy from his
personal study Bible with MYTH, HYMN written
next to Genesis 11. (Abilene Christian
University professor 1986).
ACU book espouses at least 5 different views as
true. (Evolution and Faith, 1988 by ACU Faculty
members).
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CREATION COMPROMISES
I. QUESTION IS GENESIS 1 LITERAL?
C. Many Christians also deny this
Within the realm of faith, many of us hold
religious explanations for the source of the
diversity of life around us. Within the realm
of science, evolution - though theoretical
- currently appears to be the best explanation.
(Mike Gipson, science professor at Oklahoma
Christian University of Science and Arts in
Okla. City, Ok via Daily Oklahoman, Nov. 14,1999
Textbook Disclaimer Advocacy A-8).
The days cannot be literal. (Shane Scott,
Sentry Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 1 Faculty Member
at FC).
God never once called it a week of
creation, It is not biblical to insist that it
was a week. (Floyd Chappelear, personal
correspondence March of 2004).
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CREATION COMPROMISES
II. DOES IT MATTER WHAT YOU BELIEVE?
A. Is a foundation important (Ps. 113 2
Tim. 44 2 Pet. 116)?
B. Was Moses wrong (Luke 2425-27 John
542-47 Gen. 315)?
C. Was Jesus wrong (Matt. 194 Mk. 106)?
D. Was Paul wrong (Rom. 120 Heb. 113)?
E. Was John wrong (1 John 38)?
F. Was Peter wrong (2 Pet. 34-7)?
Is The Bible Inspired Or Not (2 Tim. 316-17)?

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CREATION COMPROMISES
III. THE COVER UP (Matt. 715-16).
A. Many deny they believe evolution or theistic
evolution.
B. Prefer other descriptions, like Progressive
Creationist, Old-Earth Creationist, etc.
C. Some say, There are good arguments on
both sides.
He that is not with me is against
me, and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth. (Mt. 1230)
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CREATION COMPROMISES
III. THE DAY-AGE THEORY
A. Male female from the beginning
(Matt. 194 Mk. 106)?
B. Birds 5th day, Reptiles 6th (Gen. 120, 24)?
C. What is evening morning, one day
(Gen. 15, 14)?
D. What did the Jews understand (Ex. 208-11)?
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CREATION COMPROMISES
IV. THE GAP THEORY
A. Do create make different things?
B. When did Abel die (Luke 1150-51)?
V. OTHER CREATION COMPROMISES
Progressive Creationism, Modified Gap
Theory,Non-World View, Multiple Gap Theory,
Framework Hypothesis, etc.
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