Creation

Creation. A big subject. But that's what we're to examine in class this Sunday. From McGrath's "Basic Theology", chapter 3.

Suggested Reading: Genesis 1-3; Job 38-42.
Timaeus by Plato

Outline:

1. Creation in the Old Testament

Idea of ordering chaos, tohu va vohu
Creation ex nihlo
Contra Gnosticism and Dualism





2. Doctrine of Creation

Temptation to merge creation and creator
"Critically world-affirming spirituality"
Affirms God's authority over the world
Affirms goodness of creation - tov meod
Not perfect: sin, evil and death as signets of the fallenness of creation, Romans 8:22-23
Problem of evil





3. Models of God as Creator

Emanation - Positive v Negative
Construction - Positive v Negative
Artistic Expression - Positive v Negative





4. Natural Theology

The Problem?





5. Engaging...

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Solo Deo Gloria,
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