Frequently Asked Questions

I Peter 3:15 Reads: "but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence;" (emphasis added) Other versions read "...give an answer,".

The word for "defense" is the Greek apologia which means to "defend or vindicate". This is where we get our English word "apology". Though we have come to associate an apology with an expression of regret or remorse, to apologize literally means to answer for or defend one's words and actions.

Biblical Apologetics is a discipline that is dedicated to a "defense" of God's Word through study of Scripture and examination of other evidences.

Short answer: Days. Consider every English translation since th Vulgate (Latin) Translates the Hebrew yowm" as "day". Also the text numbers the days and expresses the cycle of morning and evening. Any plain reading should leave the reader with the feeling that the days in Genesis 1 are ordinary days of approximately 24 hours each.

There are many people within and without Christendom that invoke many arguments to allow the forcing of vast ages of time into the creation week. We address it more thouroughly here.

This site is intended to provide a ready resource for those needing help with finding materials to defend a Biblical view of God's creation and to join others that meet together over His word. As such we employ not only original but previously published articles and images with the kind permission of the owners/authors.

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