Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth

Fourteen theological scholars address key topics related to the age of the earth, which is the crucial issue of debate in the church today regarding origins. Bringing to bear rigorous biblical, theological, and historical arguments in favor of a six-day creation, the global Flood, and a young earth, they also provide much-needed critiques of a number of contemporary old-earth interpretations of the book of Genesis.

Contents
Foreword — Henry M. Morris
Foreword — John MacArthur
Prologue
1. The Church Fathers on Genesis, the Flood, and the Age of the Earth — James R. Mook
2. A Brief Overview of the Exegesis of Genesis 1–11: Luther to Lyell — David W. Hall
3. “Deep Time” and the Church’s Compromise: Historical Background — Terry Mortenson
4. Is Nature the 67th Book of the Bible? — Richard L. Mayhue
5. Contemporary Hermeneutical Approaches to Genesis 1–11 — Todd S. Beall
6. The Genre of Genesis 1:1–2:3: What Means This Text? — Steven W. Boyd
7. Can Deep Time Be Embedded in Genesis? — Trevor Craigen 
8. A Critique of the Framework Interpretation of the Creation Week — Robert V. McCabe
9. Noah’s Flood and Its Geological Implications — William D. Barrick
10. Do the Genesis 5 and 11 Genealogies Contain Gaps? — Travis R. Freeman
11. Jesus’ View of the Age of the Earth — Terry Mortenson
12. Apostolic Witness to Genesis Creation and the Flood — Ron Minton
13. Whence Cometh Death? A Biblical Theology of Physical Death and Natural Evil — James Stambaugh
14. Luther, Calvin, and Wesley on the Genesis of Natural Evil: Recovering Lost Rubrics for Defending a Very Good Creation — Thane H. Ury
Epilogue
Appendices
A Biographical Tribute to Dr. John C. Whitcomb Jr. — Paul J. Scharf
Affirmations and Denials Essential to a Consisitent Christian (Biblical) Worldview