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Are the Days of Creation 24-hour Periods of Time? Jack Collins on Reading Genesis 1 Well

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Gavin Ortlund


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3.02


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24 September 2020

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25 November 2025


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Are the days of Genesis 1 24-hour periods of time? Jack Collins argues this may not be the "plain reading."

See the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5s7v0PlMho&

Dr. C. John “Jack” Collins is Professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. He is the author of many books, including Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (Zondervan Academic, 2018).

Truth Unites is a mixture of apologetics and theology, with an irenic focus.

Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) serves as senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Ojai.

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My books:
--Retrieving Augustine’s Doctrine of Creation: Ancient Wisdom for Current Controversy: https://www.amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243
--Anselm’s Pursuit of Joy: A Commentary on the Proslogion: https://www.amazon.com/Anselms-Pursuit-Joy-Commentary-Proslogion/dp/0813232759/
--Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/
--Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals: Why We Need Our Past to Have a Future: https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/