The author shows a welcome confidence in working with Genesis as history. Seaton accepts that both physical and spiritual death are the punishment of sin. These views alone are sufficient to distance Seaton from the Theistic Evolution teachings that are so prevalent in our country. According to the Theistic Evolutionists, the world has always exhibited a fallen state and only spiritual death is regarded as man's punishment for his disobedience. Nevertheless, Seaton makes a number of secondary comments in the text which indicate that he is willing to be associated with Theistic Evolutionists.
Examples follow with comments.
However, it is an inadequate approach to what God has revealed in the Bible. The Bible speaks about the latter but not about the former. Chris Seaton does appeal to several aspects of Biblical history in his book. Theistic Evolutionists are too fond of referring to poetic language without doing their homework on the text - and their words have the effect of undermining the historicity of the Genesis record. Such a description opens the door to non-historical interpretations, because it suggests figurative language.