The debate continued

This morning, another four 30-minute programs were recorded for the Ankerberg television program. I have included a photograph of the four debaters; from left to right: Dr. Jason Lisle and me (from AiG), moderator John Ankerburg, Dr. Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe), and Dr. Walter Kaiser (President of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary). We recorded nine 30-minute debate programs—it was hard and exhausting work!

It was another lively interaction---and vehement (though polite and respectful) disagreements arose over just about every issue we discussed regarding the book of Genesis. Over the two days, Jason and I did our best to defend:

• six literal days of creation
• no death of animals (or man) before sin
• a global (covering the WHOLE earth) flood in Noah's Day
• no gaps in the genealogies in Genesis 5 and 11
• a young earth/universe (approx 6000 years old)

Dr. Kaiser and Dr. Ross opposed the positions we defended and held to:

• days of creation were not ordinary days
• there was death before sin
• the Flood acccount in Genesis 6–9 did not speak of a global event
• there are major gaps in the genealogies of Genesis 5 and 11
• the universe is old (billions of years)

As you can imagine, it was a draining two days---but everyone was respectful of each other.

Thanks for praying,

Ken