"It’s a rare book that aims to confront its readers thinking and
challenge their deep set assumptions and beliefs on an important topic...
While the book did not overturn my thinking completely on both ends of
the Bible, it did stretch my mind and give me cause to evaluate what I
believe in light of the Bible’s entire teaching. The authors present
their case well in a coherent manner, and they deserve a hearing...
While I am not completely convinced of old-earth creationism, this
book certainly gave me more respect for that view. The authors show how
young-earth creationism, was in large part advanced after the threat of
Darwinism surfaced, and with the benefit of dispensational
hermeneutics. I was shocked to learn that the hugely influential book The Genesis Flood
(by John Whitcomb and Henry Morris), was based to a large degree on an
earlier work by a Seventh Day Adventist (who would certainly be biased
toward a literal 24-hour day view of the creation week), one George
McCready Price who wrote The New Geology in 1923.
What was especially fascinating for me was the authors defense of a
local flood view. I’ve always just assumed the flood was global. The
evidence does seem quite compelling when you examine the terminology
used and some of the Biblical and scientific questions which arise when
one holds to a global flood. In our scientific age we are biased to see
global-sounding terms as unequivocally global. In days gone by, that is
not how such terms were understood, and this book explains why.
I would recommend Bible students read this book. But I would caution
them against the full preterist view. It runs counter to the historic
church creeds and seems to deny some important truths. At the least be
wary of it and do more research before adopting that view as your own."
