Genesis: In the Beginning: A Verse-by-Verse Commentary on the Book of Genesis with Detailed Studies on Creation vs. Evolution, the Flood, etc.

by John R. Rice

Are you appalled at the theory of evolution yet at a loss as to how to defend creationism? Do you believe wholly in the Creator, yet are you not able to answer the arguments of the evolutionists? In his book, "In the Beginning" Dr. John R. Rice gives you the ammunition you need to shoot down the worldly fiction concerning origins. Even the most minute point is detailed to give insight and understanding as to how God planned, established and set the world in order.

But this is more than a book to refute the silly claims of man's climbing from beastly ancestry up toward civilization, the so-called Stone Age, etc. It is one of the most "scientific" books available today dealing with the truth about the worldwide Flood; the civilization before the Flood; the world convulsions that destroyed and made over the face of the whole earth, made the layers, the fossils, and coal beds, the radically different climate after the Flood; and much, much more.

This book is for every Christian who wants to defend God as the Creator clearly, concisely and correctly!

567 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1975

About the author

John R. Rice was a Baptist evangelist and pastor and the founding editor of The Sword of the Lord, an influential fundamentalist newspaper.

Reviews

[F · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book took so long because I had put it away for awhile to read others- when I came back to it I enjoyed it so much it made me wonder why I had ever laid it aside.

The book is very devotional in nature [not a minus unless you are looking for something more technical- in which case do not judge this book harshly. It would be akin to judging a flying fish because it does not fly more like a bird.

Here is a book that will help a newer Christian to grow and understand Genesis but a book that a seasoned Christian will still be blessed by reading.

[L.S. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a detailed "verse by verse" commentary on Genesis with emphasis on the so-called Creation-Evolution debate. It seems to me that the author is not really using scientific arguments but neither does he make theological or philospophical comments. It is a re-told story of Genesis with a lot of added presupositions and unsustained affirmations. I read only the first 259 pages which deal with Genesis 1-11.