by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
God surveyed all his handiwork and he was very satisfied with it – everything so right, so beautiful – six daywork well done. Outer space and planet earth were now complete. Since nothing more was needed, God took the next day off. That is why he...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
MORAL CHOICE There is also a moral choice behind accepting creation or evolution. Why is it that people seize on the theory of evolution and hold onto it so fanatically? The answer is that it is the only real alternative if you want to believe that there is no God...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Evolution If we are to grasp the basics of the theory, there are certain terms we need to know. Variation is the belief that there have been small, gradual changes in form which are passed on to each successive generation. Each generation changes slightly and passes...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
THE ORIGIN OF MAN Let us look first at what the Bible says. Genesis tells us that man is made of the same material as the animals. The animals were made of the dust of the earth. We too are made of exactly the same minerals that are found in the crust of the earth. A...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Human relationships In Genesis 2 we see man at the center of a network of relationships. These define the meaning of life. The relationships have three dimensions: to that which is below us, to that which is above us, and to that which is alongside us. Or, to put it...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Earth days Some take the word “day” literally as an earth day of 24 hours. This conflicts with the scientists’ assessment of the geological time it would take to create the earth, given its apparent age. A gap in time Some suggest a gap in time...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Scientific questions Understanding the need for simplicity does not answer all the questions which arise from the Genesis account of creation. In particular we must consider the speed at which creation took place and the age of the earth, two separate but interrelated...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
Philosophies challenged If we accept the truth of Genesis 1, then a number of alternative viewpoints about God are automatically ruled out. These viewpoints could also be called philosophies (the word “philosophy” means “love of wisdom”)....
by PawsonBooks | Mar 20, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
In the beginning God Let us turn now to the book itself and to the amazing chapter with which it opens. It begins with the words, “In the beginning God”. Genesis is full of beginnings, but it is clear that God himself does not begin here. God is already...
by PawsonBooks | Mar 12, 2014 | Pawson's Bible Study
How did Genesis come to be written? Genesis is one of five books which form a unit in the Jewish Scriptures known either as the Pentateuch (penta means ‘five’) or the Torah (which means ‘instruction’). The Jews believe that these five books...
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