Evangelical Theories Of Creation: Theistic Evolution And Progressive Creation

The evangelical theories of creation are; Fiat creationism, Theistic Evolution and Progressive creationism. According to Fiat creationism, the first days mentioned in the Genesis account of creation are 6 full days(solar days-24hrs). This theory states that any possible inconsistency between geological and other scientific evidence is also a part of how God created or is misinterpreted by science. The proposers of the Theistic Evolution theory hold that they acknowledge God’s involvement in creation through events like the ‘big bang’. According to these theorists, God placed His blue print on the first ‘matter’ which He then allowed to evolve into multitudes. Progressive creationism holds that the days mentioned in the book of Genesis are not solar (24hrs) days
According to Naturalistic Evolution, the question of the origin of the world remains unanswered. The Physical theory just like Naturalistic Evolution substitute spontaneous generation for God as the builder of the universe and omit God as the active personal Agent in creation. The Emanation theory holds that the world was neither created nor was it fashioned out of pre-existent material but it’s an extension of the divine substance. The world according to this view flows from God as a stream from a fountain. This theory therefore denies the personality of God. The Theory of Continuous Creation challenges the idea of creation as a single completed act and instead terms it as continuous process. This theory claims that organic development is due not to materialistic forces but to divine power working within the