After the Beginning: Creation Revealed in Science and Scripture

by Anthony L. Edridge

A new and inspiring view of creation and the Flood After the Beginning offers compelling insight about God's purpose for an eternal loving relationship with mankind that was made in His image. This theme is revealed in Genesis with the creation of Adam and Eve, with the animals named by Adam, and with the animals that were saved on the ark. From creation through the Flood, Dr. Edridge concludes that the creatures described in Genesis had emotional capability, such as mammals and birds. Further consideration of species that should be included in the creation narrative leads to agreement between the biblical sequence of creation and the scientific chronology of the fossil record and the early stages of the Earth's development. Dr. Edridge examines different flood models to determine if they are consistent with biblical parameters and scientific scrutiny. Based on documented flood records and geological events, he proposes a new catastrophic Flood Model that meets both qualitative and quantitative requirements for the most likely flooded area, the cradle of civilization. This model is unique, providing a viable mechanism that caused the Flood to subside, but which agrees with the biblical description.

262 pages, Hardcover

First published June 25, 2012

About the author

Natural Sciences have always fascinated me, so I didn't object when my father recommended that I make science my career; he felt that it was a relatively secure profession. After gaining my PhD in Physics, my family and I emigrated from England to Colorado. Then, after a few years, we moved to Texas where I attended and graduated from Hill Country Bible College in San Marcos. This would have surprised my agnostic father.

Full time ministry, however, was not my calling, and I continued to pursue a career in science and engineering until I retired. As a Christian, I had not felt compelled to understand the full meaning of Genesis until friends and family challenged my belief in creation.

At this point, I thought I needed to have a defensible position on the creation narrative. So I started research on creation some twelve years ago, coming to the conclusion that the Bible did not state the age of the earth. This was after changing my preference between Young and Old Earth positions several times. In the end, it appears that natural sciences best provide evidence for the age of the earth, just as Galileo found that astronomy determined whether the earth or the sun are the center of the solar system.

Even so, science has not yet determined all we want to know about the physical world, especially about prehistoric events. So we can only make proposals, and I have done the same. In my book, After the Beginning, I propose a new model for the Flood, which both explains the source of floodwater and how the Flood water abated, both supported by the story in Genesis.

Reviews

[Danny Barulli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might consider using this as a textbook in my Faith and Science class.