How does Tapestry approach questions about the Old Earth/Young Earth controversy?
In writing all of Tapestry of Grace, we try to maintain a focus on the main thing: Jesus Christ is the center point of an amazing story that God is still unfolding. His Word tells us all that we need to know in order to live godly lives. However, the Bible does not tell us everything about all aspects of God’s plan, and there are things that God has hidden. In the 1800’s, scientists began to question a literal reading of the Genesis account of God’s creation of the world in six days, based on observations of their world, and the cosmos. They raised hard questions, and earnest Christians disagree as to the best answers for them. We believe that there is no one, definitive response to the questions that Science has raised, but we do believe in the inerrancy of Scripture and the rights of parents to teach their children their view of the answer to this debatable topic. Our discussion of the first few pages of Genesis in Tapestry of Grace Year 1, Week 4, focuses on what those chapters mean
