“What does Creation “ex nihilo” mean?”……“Ex nihilo” is Latin for “from nothing.” The term “creation ex nihilo” refers to God creating everything from nothing. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth Genesis 1:1. Prior to that moment there was nothing. God didn't make the universe from preexisting building blocks. He started from […]

The Biblical Age of the Earth The idea of the earth being billions of years old is a relatively new idea. This idea has only become popular within the last 200 years or so. Prior to the early 1800’s and late 1700’s most people believed the biblical age of the earth, about 6,000 years old, […]

“What was God doing before He created the universe?”……Our finite minds find it hard to comprehend that before the universe was created, God existed alone. We know fromJohn that Jesus also existed: John 1:1 "In the beginning the Word already existed.The Word was with God, and the Word was God." The preincarnate Christ was intimately […]

“What is the Day-Age Theory?”……Although Moses wrote the book of Genesis approximately thirty-four hundred years ago, it has been in just the last couple of centuries that serious debate over the nature and date of creation has developed. Consequently, there are now a number of theories relative to the creation account and one of them […]

“What is Old Earth Creationism?” Please note, I officially hold to Young Earth Creationism. I truly and fully believe that Young Earth Creationism best fits with the biblical account of creation. However, I recognize that Old Earth Creationism is a valid viewpoint that a Christian can hold. In no sense is Old Earth Creationism heresy […]

“What does the Bible say about uniformitarianism vs. catastrophism?”……Geologically speaking, uniformitarianism is the idea that geological processes (rates of erosion and uplift, etc.) are essentially the same today as they were in the unobservable past. We can, therefore, make accurate determinations about the past simply by observing the present. This principle is often summed up […]

“What is the age of the earth? How old is the earth?”……Given the fact that, according to the Bible, Adam was created on the sixth day of our planet's existence, we can determine a biblically-based, approximate age for the earth by looking at the chronological details of the human race. This assumes that the Genesis […]