“Modern scientific opinion is not a valid hermeneutic for interpreting Genesis”
ah…if only we would be brave enough to embrace this.

The Bible is absolutely supreme truth. It’s right there at the end of Pastor John’s article… John 17:17.

If you don’t buy that, how about John 1:1-13? The one who inspired the eternal Word IS the eternal Word. Jesus is the truth (Jn 14:6) and the Word is the truth (Jn 17:17). These aren’t different things.

MIKE

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Genesis is the introduction to the Law of Moses in which the 7 day religious week culminating in a sabbath is foundational. That is why a literary account of creation is built round that structure. As you point out yourself day and night have no meaning without the sun and the moon. Is this not a clear indication of the Holy Spirit that we are not dealing with calendar days?

The Bible is not supreme truth. The one who inspired it is supreme truth. He reveals himself in scripture and nature. Within scripture He has employed every literary genre to express His Truth. Because He is truth all reality is founded on Him. This is why properly understood geological truth cannot contradict properly understood scriptural truth.

I do not buy the parallel argument though.

I am a Bible believing Christian and fully believe in the inerrancy and infallibility of the Scripture. I have asked this question many times and have gotten some of the most ridiculous answers from Evangelicals about the age of the Earth. I am convinced now that the Genesis Account is just a spiritual summary and not a literal 24 hour creation account. I have received some very unkind responses accusing me of being a liberal, a Theistic Evolutionist and the “Dinosaurs were on the Ark” Explanation etc. None of the answers addressed my question and were form letters sent out without understanding the question. Included with my question is the Scientific evidence. Here is my question:

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If the Earth is only 6,000 – 10,000 years old — where did all these Asteroid and Meteor Impact craters come from? One small impact would have wiped out civilization! Since no cataclysmic event (by an Asteroid or Meteor) has taken place in the last 10,000 years — the Earth must be older than 10,000 years. Also there is the evidence of the Yukatan Peninsula Asteroid Crater which shows a cataclysmic event. Please explain.

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Lake Manicouagan, Quebec
Lake Manicouagan, in Quebec, Canada, is an example of a crater that was formed by the explosive impact of a meteorite.
NASA/Corbis
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Asteroid and Comet Collisions
In 1908 a comet or a stony asteroid with an estimated diameter of about 40 m (about 130 ft) exploded at an altitude of about 6 km (about 4 mi) above the Tunguska region of Siberia, Russia, flattening more than 1,000 sq km (400 sq mi) of forest, left. Meteor Crater, right, located near Flagstaff, Arizona, is a 1.13-km (0.7-mi) crater carved out 50,000 years ago by a metal asteroid about 50 m (about 150 ft) in diameter.
Andrea Pistolesi/The Image Bank, Novosti Press Agency/Science Photo Library/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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Asteroid Collision with Earth
Many scientists believe that a large asteroid or comet struck Earth about 65 million years ago, changing the Earth’s climate enough to kill off the dinosaurs.
John R. Foster/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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Meteor Crater, Arizona
Long thought to have been a volcanic feature, this crater near Winslow, Arizona, was first identified as having been caused by a meteoric impact by astronomer Eugene Shoemaker. It was the first large crater on Earth to be identified as an impact feature, and is now known as Meteor Crater. It was created about 50,000 years ago by a meteorite up to 50 m (165 ft) in diameter. It is some 1,200 m (3,900 ft) across and about 180 m (600 ft) deep.
Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis
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God Bless You John,

Wayne Sacchi

PS I was a Member of Grace Church from 1984-1990 — You still are my favorite Bible Teacher and we love you!

I can’t thank you enough for this series. It’s as equipping in my young ministry as your sermons, books and commentaries. I know you meet quite a few people, but I was able to meet you in Little Rock, Arkansas, at Lance Quinn’s anniversary service on August 6th. I had driven four hours from the Northwest corner of Arkansas (Springdale) that day to meet you, and I was blown away by your gentleness and kindness.

I wanted to thank you for your encouragement in my pursuit of the Master’s Seminary. Because of my youth in this wonderful calling, it meant more than you know. Regardless of if you remember me at all, I still thank you for both the messages that day and our brief conversation after the conclusion of the services. May God continue to bless your ministry!

I appreciate your clear and compelling critique of the Framework Hypothesis. I have always felt the FH constitutes a serious compromise on the part of men who are otherwise very solid in their theology.

I pray that the Lord Jesus will use your article to open the eyes of those who have become enamored with this faith-diluting heresy.

Blessings to you and to all at GTY & MCC.