Holding Fast on Creation by David Hall

Holding Fast to Creation

David W. Hall

The Covenant Foundation Oak Ridge, Tennessee

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OLDING F AST TO C REATION H OLDING

DAVID W. HALL

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Includes Bibliographical References

Table of Contents Chapter 1: 1: An Unwilling Contestant

1

Chapter 2: 2: Holding Fast the Great Concession of Faith: Science, Apologetics, and Orthodoxy

9

Chapter 3: 3: The Patristics on Creation

23

Chapter 4: 4: Calvin and the Reformers

45

Chapter 5: 5: The Westminster Divines

71

ISBN: 0-9650367-8-2 First Edition 2000 Printed in the United States of America

Second edition © 2001

Chapter 6 : Enlightenment Versus Revelation:

A study in contrasts

113

Chapter 7 : Can it Happen in a Conservative Church?

121

Chapter 8: 8: A Biblical Theology of Creation

129

Chapter 9: 9: The Recent Debate

159

Chapter 10: 10: Intramural Debates

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DAVID W. HALL

Chapter 1

An Unwilling Contestant

This is a narrative of one Christian’s pilgrimage that led him to oppose his own very conservative church in what had unwittingly become one of their sacred cows. This story is largely autobiographical, and I will leave it to the reader to decide if it is typical, thus bearing value for others. If it is typical it is worthwhile; if not, it at least exhibits a record of sources and a data-base that should benefit others in similar situations. My Pilgrimage: Pilgrimage: From From ICR-ism to Null-Set Dogmatism Dogmatism to Classic Creation






















































































































































































































































































































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Chapter 5

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Chapter 7

Can it Happen in a Conservative Church?

Before I embark on this discussion, let me summarize the typical neoCalvinistic presentation circa 1995 as follows. •

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Augustine was not a literalist (even though his chief commentary was The Literal Meaning of Genesis). Genesis ). Augustine was more interested in Greek philosophy than scriptural categories. Calvin only furthered the non-literal readings of Genesis. Calvin believed in ‘continuous creation’ or providence.





































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Holding Fast on Creation by David Hall

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