Four Reasons Why You Can’t Believe Both Genesis And Evolution At The Same Time

by Richard Peachey 1. In Genesis, God is the central figure, creating, shaping, evaluating, blessing, commanding. But the evolution concept was deliberately devised to make God unnecessary. As Charles Darwin himself put it, in a letter to the British geologist Charles Lyell shortly after the publication of Origin of Species:

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Nine Reasons Why the “Days” in Genesis 1 Must Be Understood as Normal (24-Hour) Days

by Richard Peachey (based largely on Richard Niessen, “Theistic Evolution and the Day-Age Theory“) 1. The Hebrew word yôm, translated “day,” is used more than 2,000 times in the Old Testament. In 95% of these cases, the word clearly means a 24-hour day, or the daylight portion of a 24-hour

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Bruce Waltke on the Genre of Genesis 1: A Critique

by Richard Peachey Comments on “Excursus: The Literary Genre of the Creation Account” from Bruce Waltke. 2001. Genesis: A Commentary. Zondervan. pp. 73-78. In this excursus, Bruce Waltke makes many complimentary-sounding remarks about Genesis 1. He says that the term “myth,” if it is “understood to represent things fanciful or

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How Was Genesis Composed?

Excerpted from Marvin L. Lubenow. 2004. (Revised edition.) Bones of Contention: A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House. Pages 316-325. [As of 2004:] Marvin Lubenow is professor of Bible, theology, and apologetics at Southern California Bible College and Seminary in EI Cajon, California. He has

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Five Arguments for Genesis 1 and 2 as Straightforward Historical Narrative

by Richard Peachey ARGUMENT #1 The literary framework or structure of the book of Genesis indicates that the book as a whole is intended to be understood as history. Note the recurring phrase: “These are the generations” (or “This is the account”). 2:4    These are the generations of the

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But it’s divisive! (Creationists are not divisive)

(Creationists are not “divisive” — those who reject the Biblical Creation and Flood are divisive!) by Don Batten (originally published in Answers in Genesis Prayer News 6[5]1f., Fall 2004. Permission to reproduce here has been kindly granted by Answers in Genesis, www.answersingenesis.org) Sometimes church leaders reject creation ministry because they say it

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Was Christ a Creationist? (One-Page Summary)

by Richard Peachey What view of origins was held by Jesus Christ? Here is the key Scripture text:         “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning          the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ and said,       ‘For this reason

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Was Christ a Creationist? (Sermon)

A sermon by Richard Peachey, preached in several Lower Mainland (British Columbia) locations. Bible quotations are from the New International Version. New Testament reading: Matthew 19:1-12 Old Testament reading: Genesis 1:26-31; 2:15-25 I’d like us to think together about those passages of Scripture that were read, from Matthew chapter 19,

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Is Genesis Poetry? (response to a high school student)

by Richard Peachey Hi, S——. I apologize for taking this long to get back to you. I’ve had a fairly demanding week in a particular teaching assignment. But I mentioned that I would address the issue of whether Genesis is poetry, so I’d like to do that now. What I

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