Halfway Houses On The Road To Biblical Creation
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Halfway
Houses on
the Road to
Biblical
Creation
Dr. George Matzko
Halfway Houses
Gap Theory
Day-Age Theory
Scientific or Old-Earth
Creationism
Progressive Creation
Framework Hypothesis
Intelligent Design
Theistic Evolution or
Evolutionary Creationism
1. The days of creation were literal.
2. God gives the work week based on his example of
creation.
Ex. 20:11- For in six days the Lord made heaven and
earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the
seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath
day and hallowed it.
3. Noah’s flood explains the geologic record, without
the need for millions of years.
4. Jesus speaks of Adam and Eve as existing at the
beginning of creation.
5. The Bible teaches that death came into the world
because of the curse.
6. Radiometric dating methods, that supposedly
show that rocks are millions or billions of years old,
are not fool-proof measurements.
7. Ultimately, the issue of the age of the earth is an
issue of authority.
I. The Halfway House of Theistic Evolution
II. The Halfway House of the Framework Hypothesis
Confusing quotes from noted evangelical scholars:
James Montgomery Boice, “We have to admit
here that the exegetical basis of the creationists is
strong….”
but
“data from various disciplines point to a very old
earth and an even older universe.”
Gleason Archer, “From a superficial reading of
Genesis 1, the impression would seem to be that
the entire creative process took place in six
twenty-four-hour days….”
but
“this seems to run counter to modern scientific
research, which indicates the planet earth was
created several billion years ago.”
however
“we find the evidence from science for a great
age for the universe and the earth to be nearly
overwhelming.”
Ray Bohlin and Richard Milne, “Biblically, we
find the young earth approach of six consecutive
24-hour days and a catastrophic universal flood to
make the most sense….”
III. The Halfway House of Progressive Creation
God created new forms of life gradually over
a period of hundreds of millions of years.
Death Before Adam’s Fall?
1 Corinthians
15:21-22
For since by man
came death, by
man came also
the resurrection
of the dead. For
as in Adam all
die, even so in
Christ shall all be
made alive.
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by
one man sin
entered into the
world, and
death by sin;
and so death
passed upon all
men, for that all
have sinned:
IV. The Halfway House of Intelligent Design
The irreducible complexity of
the blood clotting mechanism.