In this 3rd of 4 sermons on "Creation not Macroevolution" preached in connection with the Dedication of Gavin's old earth creationist book, "Creation, Not Macroevolution - Mind the Gap" (2014) on the following St. Basil's Day, 14 June 2014, Gavin says this sermon title includes the words, "Science Matters," and the words "Science Matters" are a double entendre in which on the first meaning, "Science Matters" means "things to do with science," and on the second meaning, the words "Science Matters" means "science is of importance." It is thus a compliment to his following sermon which includes the words, "Doctrine Matters." Gavin considers: 1) old earth creationism with respect to uniformitarianism and catastrophism; 2) an old earth creationist Gap School view on the succession of the "worlds" of Hebrews 1:2 and 11:3 in "the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created" (Gen. 2:4) in the time-gap between the first two verses of Genesis 1, "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void: and darkness was upon the face of the deep ...;" from the creation of the earth about 4.6 billion B.C., to the start of the Last Ice Age about 68,000 B.C.; including some reference to the satyr beasts e.g., Neanderthal; 3) the events following the start of the Last Ice Age about 70,000 years ago; where amidst a number of rival old earth creationist Gap Schools, THE particular Local Earth Gap School in the broad tradition of Pye Smith and others that Gavin endorses, with reference to the creation in six 24 hour days in Gen. 1:2 to 2:3 and Eden's geographical location; 4) Noah's Flood; and 5) the Tower of Babel.
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Gavin McGrath (b. 1960) is a graduate of Sydney University, University of Western Sydney, and Moore Theological College (a Reformed Anglican College in Sydney) in New South Wales, Australia. From April 2020, he is a retired school teacher of both New South Wales, Australia, and...
