Outline of the sermon my previous blog responded to.
In the Beginning…(Gen 1)
Introduction: Asking the Wrong Question
1. Recognising Genesis 1 as a Literary (not Literal) Account
Foming______________Filling
1. light & darkness______4. heavenly bodies of day & night
2. water & sky_________5. creatures of water & sky
3. land & vegetation_____6. creatures upon the land
__________7. DAY OF REST
2. Recognising Genesis 1 as a “mythbuster”
- Rival stories of creation
- Rival deities?
- Cf. One God—purposeful—man the pinnacle—good
3. Recognising Genesis 1 as a Theological Account
- Our Sovereign Creator
- Order from chaos
- Created by a powerful word (and Spirit)
- Good…good…good…very good (1:31)
Our Response?
