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. 6,000 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