After The Fact: What Did Augustine Think About Creation? with Dr. Gregg Allison

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🗓️ 23 March 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0	Welcome to After the Fact, a knowing faith many episode where we look to take a big question
0:13.2	and address it in just a few minutes. Typically, the questions we consider will line up with
0:17.6	our larger topic for the season that's certainly true for our time today. We're discussing
0:22.0	the Book of Genesis on Knowing Faith this season, and joining us today is Dr. Greg Allison.
0:26.8	Dr. Allison is professor of Christian theology at the Southern Seminary and is the author of
0:31.3	many, many books, including but certainly not limited to historical theology and introduction
0:36.8	to Christian doctrine. That's a must-have if you're interested in the history of the church and
0:40.8	the history of theology. Sojourners and strangers, the doctrine of the church, which is a fantastic
0:45.9	book on developing a doctrine of the church or ecclesiology. He's also a pastor at Sojourn
0:51.3	Church East, and last but certainly not least, he's a dear friend of the Knowing Faith podcast. Dr.
0:56.0	Allison, welcome to After the Fact. Thanks for joining us. Kyle's always great to be with you.
1:00.4	Thank you for inviting me. Oh, we're honored. So here's the big question. What was the early church
1:06.5	asking about the doctrine of creation? Two big questions. How did God create and when did God create?
1:14.8	First, how did God create? Well, the early church affirmed that God created, I'm going to use a
1:19.9	fancy expression here, ex nihilo, created the universe and everything in it out of nothing.
1:25.9	He didn't start with already pre-existing materials, but he created everything out of nothing
1:31.3	by exercising his sovereign will, his power in accordance with his purpose, and through his
1:38.8	son, the Word, and the Holy Spirit. When did God create? The early church believed in a recent
1:46.6	creation. It figured it this way. There were six days of creation, and according to several
1:53.5	passages in the Bible, a day with the Lord is like a thousand years. So you've got six days times
2:01.3	a thousand equals a thousand years of existence for the earth. That means that the creation was not
2:09.2	old, but is very recent. One major figure in the early church who weighed in heavily on this matter
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