Following is my review of Dr. Richard Barcellos’ book, Better than the Beginning: Creation in Biblical Perspective (2013, Reformed Baptist Academic Press). The review was first published in the Creation Research Society Quarterly journal (volume 54(1), pages 80—81). Subsequent to the publication of this review in CRSQ, the books mentioned in the last paragraph have since become available. Links to those resources are provided.
Controversy of the Ages (2017) by Theodore J. Cabal and Peter J. Rasor II has been praised by various Christian scholars and displays some noteworthy endorsements. The book is, for the most part, another episode of old-earth creationists rebuking those who insist that the biblical creation narrative be taken literally (while out of the other side of their mouths offering an interpretation that amounts to little more than a condescending, ‘let’s just agree to disagree’). Continue reading…