Through A Glass Darkly

Ross, Hugh, Creation and Time (Colorado Springs, CO:  Navpress, 1994).

Well this book was my entrance into the young earth/old earth debate.  I had read some of Henry Morris’ stuff years ago, but I haven’t read much of anything regarding the various views of creation that are afloat in the Christian community.  I thought the book was an interesting read and it made me wish that I had paid more attention in science class as a child.  Ross chronicles the rise of young earth creationism within the last century and a half or so and then defends the orthodoxy of old earth creationism.  While I am far from concluding on the matter, I do have to say that I don’t see the issue of the age of the earth as a determining factor of orthodoxy…this point at least, I think Ross makes well.  I have several other books that I will be reading related to this issue, so stay tuned.