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2	Topics Two models of history 7 Biblical truths why it matters Science and why it matters Conclusion: Why it matters what we believe
3	Creation Model Sin was the cause of death God destroyed the world by a worldwide flood Man was created in the image of God
4	Evolution Model About 4.6 billion years ago the earth evolved About 3.5 billion years ago life evolved Humans evolved from ape-like creatures
5	Creation and the Bible
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7	The Process for Creation The Bible “And God said” Psalm 33:6,9 “By the Word of the Lord…” Hebrews 11:3
8	The Order of Events
9	The Cause of Physical Death Bible: sin (Rom 5:12, 1Cor 15:21) Curse (Genesis 3:17) Put out of the Garden to keep from eating from the tree of life (Genesis 3:22-24) “Very Good” (Genesis 1:31) Animal death Plant death
10	The Genesis Flood Bible: worldwide Flood Rained 40/40 Springs of the deep All land creatures perished All mountains were covered
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14	Geological Evidence
15	Geologic Observations May 18, 1980
16	Geologic Processes
17	Geologic Processes
18	Geologic Processes
19	Polystrate Fossils
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21	The Creation Days Evolution demands long ages Bible: literal days Meaning of ‘Yom’ Yom with a number Evening and morning Genesis 1:14 Exodus 20:11 Words used to indicate time Narrative versus poetry (VSO or SVO) In the beginning created God the heavens… = VSO Genealogies (Gen 5, 1Chron 1, Luke 3)
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23	The Creation Days “Probably so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who dares not believe that the writer(s) of Gen. 1-11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that creation took place in a series of six days which are the same as the days of 24 hours we now experience…”
24	The Creation Days “In the hundreds of other cases in the Old Testament where yom stands in conjunction with an ordinal number (first, second, third, etc.), e.g. Exodus 12:15; 24:16; Leviticus 12:3, it never means anything other than a normal, literal day.”
25	The Genesis Flood “I am convinced there is far more evidence for a recent, six-day creation and a global Flood than there is for an old earth and evolution.”
26	The Creation Days “To summarize, liberal scholars of both 19^th and 20^th centuries admit that the text of Genesis is clearly meant to be taken in a literal, historical sense, although they deny its claims to speak accurately to our space/time cosmos.”
27	The Origin of Life Bible: consistent message Gen 2:7 Isa 57:16 1 Cor 8:6 Gen 5:2 Matt 19:4 Eph 3:9 Deut 4:32 Mark 10:6 Col 1:16-17 Neh 9:6 John 1: 1-3 Heb 11:3 Ps 89:47 Acts 4:24 2 Pet 1:3 Isa 45:12 Romans 1:19-20 Rev 4:11
28	What Did Jesus Say Jesus believed Moses: John 5:46-47 Jesus confirmed Abel: Matt 23:35 Jesus confirmed the Flood: Matt 24:37-39 …from the beginning… Mark 10:6 Jesus is the Creator John 1:1-3, Col 1:16, Heb 1:1-3, Eph 3:9
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30	Evolution, Science, and the Bible
31	What About Science?
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34	Effects of Evolution One of the main reasons our youth are leaving the church is that they cannot defend a belief in the Bible