“‎People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the world. Presuppositions rest upon that which a person considers to be the truth of what exists. A person's presuppositions provide the basis for their values- and therefore the basis for their decisions.” – Francis August Schaefer

“Exactly how you begin the story will inescapably shape the story you’re telling”

“The details differ, but the essential elements in the astronomical and Biblical account of Genesis are the same. This is an exceedingly strange development, unexpected by all but the theologians. They have always believed the word of God. But we scientists did not expect to find evidence for an abrupt beginning because we have had, until recently, such extraordinary success in tracing the chain of cause and effect backward in time.

At this moment it seems as though science will never be able to raise the curtain on the mystery of creation. For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends like a bad dream. He has scaled the mountains of ignorance; he is about to conquer the highest peak; as he pulls himself over the final rock, he is greeted by a band of theologians who have been sitting there for centuries.” – Robert Zastrow

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT CREATION?

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1. Historic Creationism

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1.Historic Creationism 2.Young Earth Creationism

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1.Historic Creationism 2.Young Earth Creationism 3.Gap Theory

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1.Historic Creationism 2.Young Earth Creationism 3.Gap Theory 4.Literary Framework View

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1.Historic Creationism 2.Young Earth Creationism 3.Gap Theory 4.Literary Framework View 5.Day Age View

WHAT ARE THE CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF CREATION? 1.Historic Creationism 2.Young Earth Creationism 3.Gap Theory 4.Literary Framework View 5.Day Age View 6.Theistic Evolution

WHAT IS THE POSITION OF POPLAR CREEK CHURCH?

WHO DOES CREATION REVEAL ABOUT GOD?

ARE THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION LITERAL 24- HOUR DAYS?

HOW OLD IS THE EARTH?

WHERE DID CREATION COME FROM?

God creates – “bara” We create – “asah”

“By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” - Hebrew 11:3

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHIESTIC NATURALISM?

1. Nothing made everything.

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHIESTIC NATURALISM? 1. Nothing made everything. “Almost everyone now believes that the universe, and time itself, had a beginning at the big bang.” – Stephen Hawking

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHIESTIC NATURALISM? 1.Nothing made everything. 2.Chaos made order

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHIESTIC NATURALISM? 1.Nothing made everything. 2.Chaos made order 3.Impersonal matter made personal humanity

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH ATHIESTIC NATURALISM? 1.Nothing made everything. 2.Chaos made order 3.Impersonal matter made personal humanity Only in the firm foundation of unyielding despair, can the soul’s habitation henceforth be safely built. - Bertrand Russell

WHY DID GOD CREATE?