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Science and Religion: A New Introduction

Does Genesis 1 Teach Modern Science?

January 15, 2014 by Tom Ingebritsen 7 Comments

In my last blog post  we saw that the main message of Genesis 1 is that God is the creator of all. Not only is this a central theme of Genesis 1, but it is also a central theme of the Bible which is reiterated over and over again throughout the Old and New Testaments. In contrast the question of the timing and mechanism of creation events are secondary issues. Nevertheless because of the controversy surrounding these questions we will be talking about them in more detail in the next few blogs. But before we do that … [Read more...] about Does Genesis 1 Teach Modern Science?

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Science and Faith Tagged With: accommodation, alister mcgrath, Christianity and science, Christianity and science series, creation, Genesis 1, God, gods, image of God, Science and Religion: A New Introduction

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