Interpreting Eden Quotes

“The person who is content with the sparse description in Genesis 1 knows that the first six days were like our days within providence, but also unlike, because they were days of God’s activity of initially creating instead of his activity of providential sustaining.”
― Vern Sheridan Poythress, Interpreting Eden: A Guide to Faithfully Reading and Understanding Genesis 1-3

“We must allow, therefore, that God speaks in a way that meshes with the surrounding context, and also that he can say what he wishes to say, distinct from the context.”
― Vern Sheridan Poythress, Interpreting Eden: A Guide to Faithfully Reading and Understanding Genesis 1-3

“A person without a rich and complex past is like an infant, who has no ability to interpret any text.”
― Vern Sheridan Poythress, Interpreting Eden: A Guide to Faithfully Reading and Understanding Genesis 1-3

“God is so faithful in the ways in which he makes grass grow and the winds blow that we can give detailed descriptions of the regularities. Scientists at their best are merely describing some of the regular ways that God comprehensively rules the world.”
― Vern S Poythress, Interpreting Eden: A Guide to Faithfully Reading and Understanding Genesis 1-3