Review: A Good Foundation
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2013
This book is very short, and is basically an expansion of a statement by Dr. R. C. Sproul in answer to the question "How old is the universe?" But what it does, it does well.The main point is that all truth is God's truth, whether that truth is coming through general revelation available to all, or special revelation through Scripture. Ultimately these two pathways will not contradict each other, since God is the Source of all revelation. There may be conflicts between interpretations of each, and the problem may lie with the interpretation of the natural world, Scripture, or both. And we should be cautious about jumping to the conclusion of which interpretation is at fault in particular cases.Dr. Sproul says it better than I just did, and this book expands on the subject even further, discussing reasons behind Dr. Sproul's statement and examples of what some other respected theologians have said on these topics. This book will not answer all the questions. It doesn't intend to. But it does give a helpful framework on which to base our approach to difficult questions about apparent conflicts between science and Scripture.