Dr. Terry Mortenson Articles

• Magazine Article

  Making the Leap from Ape to Adam

  

  Oct. 27, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  If you just connect all the dots, isn’t it easy to see how the first humans could evolve from a shared ancestor with the apes?

• In-Depth Article

  Critique of Hugh Ross’s Creation Story

  July 24, 2024 from Answers in Depth

  Does Dr. Ross’s view (particularly about the origin the earth, sun, moon, and stars) really stand up to scrutiny with an open Bible?

• In-Depth Article

  Genesis 1–11: Essential for a Biblical Worldview

  

  May 31, 2024 from Answers in Depth

  Why biblical creation is the answer to today’s worldview crisis.

• Is John Piper Reading Genesis 1–2 Through Paul’s Eyes?

  

  April 6, 2024

  Paul’s historical view of Genesis is clear from his writings.

• “I’m on the Fence About the Age of the Creation, but I’m Open.”

  

  April 3, 2024

  An encouragement to stand on the authority of God’s Word.

• Magazine Article

  Denying Adam: Navigating Evolutionary Ideas and Biblical Truth

  

  March 10, 2024 from Answers Magazine

  When we deny the existence of a literal Adam, we undermine the very authority of Scripture.

• Book Chapter

  Galileo & Creation in Early Modern Science

  

  Feb. 9, 2024 from The Great Turning Point

  The controversies regarding the early chapters of Genesis and the geological discoveries and theories were part of a complex movement of thought which pulsed through the educated minds of Europeans.

• Reformation Day, October 31: Why It’s Important

  

  Oct. 31, 2023

  The authority of Scripture is still under attack today.

• How God’s Work of Creation Differs from His Provision for Creation

  

  Sept. 29, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  As Christians think about the origin and history of the universe and everything in it, it is important to distinguish between God’s original work of creation and his work of providence since.

• In-Depth Article

  Exodus 20:11—An Insurmountable Stone Wall Against Adding Millions of Years to the Bible

  

  Sept. 22, 2023 from Answers in Depth

  God’s commentary on the Sabbath refutes all long-age theories.

• Magazine Department Article

  The Problem of Death

  

  June 30, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  At some point, everyone struggles with tragedy. Without the Bible’s account of creation, there are no good answers.

• Theistic Evolution Is Not the Real Problem!

  

  Feb. 1, 2023

  The billions of years timeline undergirds the secular attack on the Bible.

• Magazine Department Article

  3 Connections Between Adam and the Age of the Earth

  

  Jan. 1, 2023 from Answers Magazine

  Christians who believe in the literal historical existence and fall of Adam should also believe that God created everything in six literal days about 6,000 years ago.

• A Literal Adam Is Not the Issue

  July 6, 2022

  A defense of only the historical Adam without the rest of the creation account is incomplete.

• In-Depth Article

  Wayne Grudem’s Seriously Inconsistent Opposition to Theistic Evolution

  

  May 13, 2022 from Answers in Depth

  All old-earth interpretations of Genesis unintentionally assault the character of God, undermine the truth and authority of Scripture, and subvert the gospel.

• Research Paper

  Orthodoxy and Genesis: What the Fathers Really Taught

  

  March 29, 2022, pp. 48–53

  This book is an addition to the creationist literature in that it is further strong evidence that Hugh Ross, Gleason Archer and other old-earth proponents do not have a historical leg to stand on.

• Book Chapter

  Did Bible Authors Believe in a Literal Genesis?

  

  Nov. 26, 2021 from The New Answers Book 3

  How Old and New Testament authors, Jesus, and we should understand the genre of Genesis 1–11, and why it’s vital to a proper biblical hermeneutic.

• Book Chapter

  Where Did the Idea of “Millions of Years” Come From?

  

  Nov. 1, 2021 from The New Answers Book 2

  Today, most people in the world, including most people in the Church, take for granted that the earth and universe are millions and millions of years old.

• Book Chapter

  When Was Adam Created?

  

  Oct. 27, 2021 from Searching for Adam

  It is claimed that the Bible does not deal with the issue of the age of mankind or even how man came into existence.

• Undermining Scripture Regarding Adam: An Initial Response to William Lane Craig

  

  Oct. 19, 2021

  Recently Dr. William Lane Craig has published a book, In Quest of the Historical Adam, in which he argues that Adam was historical and mythical.

• In-Depth Article

  The Fall and the Problem of Millions of Years of Natural Evil

  

  Sept. 29, 2021 from Answers in Depth

  Can the evolutionist view of the history of natural evil be harmonized with the Bible’s apparent teaching that all of this evil is the consequence of the Fall?

• Book Chapter

  What’s Wrong with Progressive Creation?

  

  July 20, 2021 from The New Answers Book 2

  Problems with progressive creation, including non-historical reading of Genesis 1, multiple animal creation events, manlike creatures before Adam & others

• In-Depth Article

  Reading Genesis: ANE Hermeneutic vs. Plain Meaning

  

  June 29, 2021

  Some evangelical scholars today say that we cannot correctly interpret Genesis 1–11 without understanding the worldview of the Ancient Near East (ANE) pagan nations around ancient Israel.

• What’s Wrong with The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth?

  

  Jan. 15, 2021 from Answers in Depth

  A geology historian’s book review of “The Grand Canyon, Monument to an Ancient Earth” and why its arguments should fail to convince a careful Bible student.

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