The Genesis Factor: Probing Life's Big Questions
Overview
Here is a book for all who have a healthy uncertainty about life’s big questions—Where did I come from? Is there a God? Does this God care about me? The authors believe that the answers are found where Christianity began—with the introduction of God and His work in the book of Genesis. Using the Socratic method, they challenge readers to wrestle with Scripture itself rather than with systematic questions. This candid conversation with Genesis is an ideal apologetic for today’s postmodern culture.
Top Highlights
“Naturalism holds that matter is the essence of reality. Some label this view ‘philosophical materialism.’” (Page 12)
“On day 7, God begins to rule over creation. God’s ‘rest’ is a sign of God’s ‘rule” (Page 39)
“In this carefully crafted text there is no closure to day 7. After six workdays, God gave himself a day of everlasting rest: God’s rest, and therefore God’s rule, is eternal. It is ongoing.” (Page 43)
“According to the writer, there are three full ‘days’ of creation before the measurement of time as we construe it is even possible—the sun is not created until day 4! These cannot be days as human beings commonly construe them.” (Page 44)
“For when God separates day 7, the day of his rest, from days 1–6, he separates his rule from creation in order that his rule will never be corrupted by creation.” (Page 41)
Product Details
- Title: The Genesis Factor: Probing Life's Big Questions
- Authors: Jon M. Dennis and David R. Helm
- Publisher: Crossway Books
- Publication Date: 2001
- Pages: 116