Seven Days That Divide the World: The Beginning According to Genesis and Science

Author is great scientist and given relevant for all topics.definitly this book help to improve our believe in God and we can explain our bible related thing to an atheist.

John Lennox is so heartwarming and yet so lucid in his writing and dealing with an essential point of learning in Genesis which has led to debates and mysticism among Christians. Highly recommended.

Great book on understanding creation

John Lennox has a wonderful, winsome way of exploring sensitive topics that offend no one. He has a talent. Believers argue about the time involved in the creation account and I am much more comfortable discussing this topic now that I have read this book. Thank you Dr. Lennox…. May God bless you in your future efforts…

AWESOME

John C Lennox is fast becoming one of my favourite authors. His first three books focused on the arguments of the New Atheist's. Now he looks at the Genesis account of creation, using the lens of both science and theology. I am an old earth creationist and I adopt the framework view on Gen 1 which Lennox discusses. He has five chapters and five appendices.1. But does it move? A Lesson from history.2. But does it move? A lesson from scripture.3. But is it old? The days of creation.4. Human beings: a special creation?5. The message of Genesis 1AppendicesA. A brief background to Genesis.B. The cosmic temple viewC. The beginning according to Genesis and science.D. Two accounts of creation?E. Theistic evolution and the God of the gaps.The book is also endorsed by Alvin Plantinga, Ravi Zacharias and Paul Copan among others. This book will suit Christians who have a science background and/or have an interest in science and religion.NB. Appendix E has an extended discussion on theistic evolution. I would regard myself as a theist evolutionist and Lennox discusses this issue at length. He does refer to Paul Davies, Dennis Alexander and Francis Collins. His analysis on theistic evolution is worth the price of this book.Appendix B. On the cosmic temple view on Gen 1-3, i.e. it is God's sanctuary. I think that there is some truth to this, in that Rev 21-22 shows the New Jerusalem as a place in which God dwells. The parallels with Eden should be obvious.

As a mathematician, Lennox presents a sound case against a number of key tenets espoused by neo-Darwinism and atheism. He drives home the point that the biblical record of creation must be taken seriously — only God can create the universe out of nothing. Only God can create life and humankind in His image. He draws readers into his struggles with the negatives of theistic evolution and with aspects of emergentism. He demonstrates a good deal of unity with the traditional interpretation of the biblical creation account, but opts to depart from a literal six-day creation of all things. This book exposes the divide, the gaps, and the weaknesses of a variety of views. A must read for any view, no matter what interpretation one takes.

as Christian who has always held to a young earth view without really studying it i was initially disappointed to hear that John had written a book that opened up the possibility of something other than a young earth view. I just figured the Scriptures was pretty clear on that matter. As one who finds it a challenge reading i was both encouraged and impressed with John Lennox's approach to such a hotly debated topic. Very balanced, informed and systematic!Highly recommend this book to both skeptic and believer alike!