Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science by John C. Lennox

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About book: Dr. John Lennox is such a nice fellow. Reading his book I am convinced once more that interaction between people with different ideas on a given subject can be based on respect. This is a thing I can hardly see on the www between christians and atheists. John Lennox says that this is very important because there was a lot of opposition in science agains what currently is the standard model, given it supports a christian worldview. John Lennox is among the world's leading apologists, in my view, because he combines several admirable qualities: he is a bona fide expert on a relevant discipline (although mathematics is about as far away from most of the things he talks about as an apologist as one would want to be, since math at his level is as much art form as.

The author (John Lennox) did such a good job presenting multiple ideas and theories for various interpretations of Genesis. This book does not argue reasons for or against believing in evolution, but more talks about what the bible tells us and combines it with that we now know from science. This book is full of great insights into how to understand Genesis 1 from a scientific perspective.

Keywords: Lennox, young earth, old earth, Galileo, church fathers, days of creation, Creation Week, fourth day, death and suffering, age of the earth. John Lennox is a professor of mathematics and a fellow in the philosophy of science at Oxford University. He is a devoted follower of Christ and a skilful apologist. In his book Seven Days That Divide the World, Lennox explores the potential minefield of the controversy of Genesis and science. He wrote the book for people who have been put off considering the Christian faith because of the .

The beginning according to. Genesis and science. For Larry Taunton, whose idea it was. This book is a delight to read: It is thoughtful, perceptive, friendly, and bold when it needs to be. Dr. Lennox has gone right to the heart of the matter in his thinking about Genesis and the age of the earth, and how that is a different question from purposeless evolution. Lennox has written a wise, well-informed work, and it deserves the widest readership possible. Paul Copan, Professor and Pledger Family Chair. of Philosophy and Ethics, Palm Beach Atlantic. University, West Palm Beach, Florida.

Professor Lennox once encountered a brilliant professor from a eastern country who had been completely put off Christianity because she was taught, . hat the Bible starts with a very silly, unscientific story of how the world was made in seven days. his book is written for people like her, who have been putting off even considering the Christian faith for this kind of reason. The first chapter is, to this writer, amazingly brilliant. I would have never thought to compare these two ideas and when Prof.

What did the writer of Genesis mean by the first day ? Is it a literal week or a series of time periods? If I believe that the earth is . billion years old, am I denying the authority of Scripture? In response to the continuing controversy over the interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis, John Lennox proposes a succinct method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture.

Unabridged Audiobook. In response to the continuing controversy over the interpretation of the creation narrative in Genesis, John Lennox proposes a succinct method of reading and interpreting the first chapters of Genesis without discounting either science or Scripture.

Created gods certainly are a delusion. John C. Lennox, Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science. Here we have the basic ingredients that define human beings as moral beings. God has given them the ability to say yes to him by not eating the prohibited tree, and to say no to him by eating it. In this way the Bible introduces us to the idea that the humans are moral beings, with all that this implies.

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