Well, let's do our best to look at some of the highlights of each view. We're going to try to

synopsize each of these views quickly Ken and let's start

with Kenton Sparks give us a synopsis of his view yes there is I think one of the one of the strong points of the book is that it really does

have positions that address the ends of the spectrum. In other words, you're going to find

one end of evangelicalism to the other, and there are two

mediating positions.

Kenton's position, I think that he will not be offended by me saying that he would probably be

representative of the most progressive our left-leaning view of

evangelicalism in that he does not view the historicity of Adam and Eve as essential.

In other words, he would understand the first chapters of Genesis to be theological fiction.

He would agree with the young earth creationists, like Marcus Ross, in that he would say that a straightforward reading of the text requires that we

understand Genesis to be teaching that the world is less than 10,000 years old, he just thinks that it's wrong,

and that he would understand the empirical evidence to require us

to approach Genesis, not just from a non-literal approach, but a non-historical approach.

Now, I want to hasten to say that that Kenton will identify as an

evangelical. I know that some would understand someone to deny the

historicity of Adam and Eve to be someone who is

is beyond the pale of evangelicalism.

But Kinton affirms the Nicene Creed,

he affirms the Apostles Creed, he holds to a very orthodox view of Christ who he is and what he's done.

And he would argue that his understanding of the New Testament and of the person of Christ is not

threatened by having a non-historical Adam and Eve.

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