I have grown up (now 44 years) with the Creation Story fully making sense to me. But some of my favorite theologians, J. Vernon McGee among them, allow for the possibility that the universe is millions of years old. To me, both may well be true. I believe in the narrative captured by Moses at the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and I am also aware of this: Last week we got to witness a supernova in a cluster of stars 20 million light years away. That means the star has been dead and gone for 20 million years, but we are seeing the light show now. This discussion is academic and pointless, however, if we don’t address the central issue of human history.
I have grown up (now 44 years) with the Creation Story fully making sense to me. But some of my favorite theologians, J. Vernon McGee among them, allow for the possibility that the universe is millions of years old. To me, both may well be true. I believe in the narrative captured by Moses at the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and I am also aware of this: Last week we got to witness a supernova in a cluster of stars 20 million light years away. That means the star has been dead and gone for 20 million years, but we are seeing the light show now. This discussion is academic and pointless, however, if we don’t address the central issue of human history.