Did God Create in 6 Days?

by Joseph A. Pipa Jr., David W. Hall

Did God Create in 6 Days? The answer to this question strikes at the very heart of the accuracy of the Bible. Due in large part to the influence of Enlightenment thinking, no part of Scripture has been under greater scrutiny than the first three chapters of Genesis. In this significant and needed work, Dr. Joseph Pipa and Dr. David Hall present a collection of essays designed to further an accurate understanding of the six days of Creation. Literal and non-literal views are presented, defended, and critically examined. You will come away from this book challenged and better informed of all views in this important debate. Hardcover with Dust Jacket; Smythe sewn;

352 pages, Hardcover

Published September 1, 2006

Reviews

[Zack · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very helpful collection of essays representing a range of views currently expressed in conservative and evangelical Presbyterian and Reformed denominations in the West. Most of the essays are written from a convinced 24/6 young earth creation perspective. There are chapters written from other perspectives, but the 24/6 view is the most convincingly argued from Scripture in this book. David Hall's thoroughly researched chapter on the views of the Westminster Divines is worth the price of the book.

[Peter Stonecipher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid exegetical and historical support for six day creation. While I felt it was lacking in interaction with scientific discussion of origins, the contribution by C. Stuart Patterson at least began this train of thought. David Hall's chapters were particularly eye opening and I appreciate that the volume ends on a note of doxology with a sermon from John Garrick on the glory of creation.

[Timothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Academic and scholarly discussion on this topic.
It includes essays from both sides but it is weighted toward 24-hour view which is the position that the faculty at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary take.

[Scott Cox · Rating 5 out of 5]

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made" (John 1:1-3). This collection of conference papers explores the history of understanding God's creation as detailed in the first two chapters of Genesis. Did God truly create all things in the space of six literal days? Or was this a figurative or literary construct by which a transcendent God communicates his creative power to finite mankind? Some of these papers reflect the historic six-day creation viewpoint, while some support the so-called Framework or Analogical view. And some focus on the history of this debate within historic Presbyterian confessions and post-Darwin church history. As a literal six-day creationist, I found the most helpful and exegetically plausible papers to be those written by Rev. David Hall, Dr. Joseph Pipa and Dr. Morton Smith. However I highly recommend reading all the papers to better understand the issues in this very current debate.

[G. Mark James · Rating 3 out of 5]

like all books based on symposiums or with multiple authors, some chapters are better than others which makes for an uneven read. this book takes aim primarily at the day-age view with some swipes at framework and evolution thrown in. The 2 best chapters were pips's (from chaos to cosmos) and dyer's (the New Testament doctrine of creation). The two worst chapters were by Hall who is also one of the editor's. His content was good but the chapters read like a symposium manuscript rather than a book chapter. some chapters were good but out of place. One chapter was highly technical on the science and at times went over my head. I also found numerous editing errors. I found the relative paucity of footnoting also problematic.