Genesis 1

An Exposition of Genesis 1:1-3, Part 2: Setting the Stage

February 22, 2024

In “An Exposition of Genesis 1:1–3, Part 1: Replacing the Cultural Myth,” I explained that Genesis 1 replaces the cultural myth on how the...

Creation Views

by John Carpenter Read

An Exposition of Genesis 1:1-3, Part 1: Replacing the Cultural Myth

February 8, 2024

“Know yourself,” advised the ancient Greek philosophers. Sophocles wrote the famous myth of Oedipus to illustrate the point. Oedipus didn’t know himself; he didn’t...

Culture

by John Carpenter Read

Creation’s Beginning: A Single Moment or An Ongoing Process?

November 16, 2023

In the beginning [rêʼshîyth] God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of...

Creation Views

by Hugh Henry Read

The Sun and Moon on the Fourth Day: What the Biblical Text Reveals

June 22, 2023

Then God said, “Let there be lights [mâ'ôr] in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and they shall...

Creation Views

by Hugh Henry Read

How Bison Reintroduction Increases Grassland Diversity

March 13, 2023

I have had several close encounters with bison while on vacations in Yellowstone and Grand Canyon National Parks and on Catalina Island. I'm glad...

Biology

by Hugh Ross Read

Does the Bible Affirm Young-Earth Creationism?

March 6, 2023

Ever since the well-publicized Scopes Trial in 1925, evangelical Christians have engaged in vigorous, often heated debates over the age of the universe and...

Bible

by Hugh Ross Read

Children and Dogs Are Designed to Help One Another

February 27, 2023

A few summers ago, I took one of my sons to a remote part of British Columbia's Selkirk Mountains. As we were nearing the...

Creation Model

by Hugh Ross Read

What Is the Expanse in Genesis 1:6–8?

December 21, 2022

Question of the Week: How do you explain what Genesis 1:6-8 means in regard to water being in the expanse? My Answer: The Hebrew...

Bible

by Hugh Ross Read

Why Does God Refer to Himself as Us and He in Genesis 1?

September 9, 2022

Question of the week:  Why does God in Genesis 1 say "us" and "he" about himself when creating human beings? Is there just one...

Bible

by Hugh Ross Read

Did God Create Adam and Eve with Appearance of Age?

October 1, 2021

Question of the week: Since God made Adam and Eve from dirt, as fully formed adults, then would this not be compelling evidence for...

Bible

by Hugh Ross Read

Life Design Shows Empathetic Transfer of Pain and Relief

February 15, 2021

"I feel your pain." Anyone in pain appreciates such an expression of empathy, but could these words be truer than we realize?

Creation Model

by Hugh Ross Read

What Are the Scientific Dates for the Starts and Ends of the Six Creation Days?

October 9, 2020

Question of the week: What are the scientific dates for start and end times for each of the six days of creation in Genesis...

Origin of Life & Astrobiology

by Hugh Ross Read