If Christianity seems unreasonable and the Bible appears as a barren bed of 'Thou shalt's' and 'Thou shalt not's'then this book could reawaken your interest in both. It treats the Bible as a confirmation of all of life which can be explored and enjoyed.

It is a most extraordinary integration of geological science, God and a farmer's common sense. The God of this book is sublimely transcendent yet part of every cell of matter, the ultimate, 'eternal, unchanging reference point'(p4). The book is logical and biblical without being limited by literality. For example, in relation to the question of the length of time taken for God to create the universe, it says: 'God did not work to the sun (it did not illumine the earth for the first three days!). He concluded each day when his purposes for that day were fully complete.'

This is a readable, easily understood alternative to some of the extremes of the argument about the origin of the universe.

As part of the debate on the origins of the universe and the development of life on earth, an on-going and sometimes heated affair, Philip Heywood brings a different perspective. As a geologist, he has done a considerable amount of work on the fossil record. As he read the story of creation in the book of Genesis, he was struck by its similarity to the fossil record. In his book he gives considerable space to examining this similarity (Part 2 Chap 1). The reader is introduced to the concept of scientific creation. Because God is timeless, Philip argues our concept of a day would be quite meaningless and creation should be seen as days in the sight of God. This to me was an important insight and enabled me to make the link that explains the problem with 'days'. Philip also examines the concept of evolution as it is presently taught, and, by using examples such as the horse he challenges the widespread assumptions on the origin of life itself. This is a thought-provoking part of this book.As a Christian, Philip has sought to give a fresh interpretation to scripture. As a fellow Christian, I found his work to be thought-provoking. To a layman, his account of creation is biblically correct, and he has been able to sort out many of the problems I have encountered in studying this part of scripture. By suggesting that a species can exist before it grows because it is a bundle of information, Philip opens up a whole new perspective on some of the puzzling issues in this debate.There were many areas I found challenging and interesting. Some were his explanation of how the moon came into existence (p54-68) and the process by which carbon was laid down in the earth and today is being released. Philip makes the relevant point that God was and still is intimately involved in His creation. He is intimately involved with each one of us, and gives us a reason and purpose for living. This needs to be widely taught in our schools, churches and families. I commend this book as a serious study. As a former teacher librarian, I would recommend it be placed on library shelves and that schools should at least look at the text and not condemn it out of hand. In an era where our young generation is questioning the very basis of scientific rationalism and searching for spiritual meaning in life, this book deserves study.

If you are at all confused about life, the universe and everything else associated with it then this is The book.

This book takes your mind on a journey from God and the origin of the Earth, with geological facts, to the most modern of all technological advances through the sciences.

The author offers challanges for many inquistiive minds to join a journey in support of the what I read to be a significant Biblical foundation of our world.

This new model for the origin of species proposed in this book is definately as founded as any other model so far given to us. So who knows where this revelation may lead?

Thank goodness there is a plain English book to shed light on such a difficult area!