In 2016, Randy Alcorn spoke at Veritas Evangelical Seminary in Santa Ana, California, on the sanctity of life. In this clip he talks about what the Bible has to say about the beginning of life. See Randy's book ProLife Answers to ProChoice Arguments for more information. 

Randy Alcorn talks about the Tree of Life in Genesis and Revelation. Is this a real tree? This video clip was excerpted from Randy's Eternity 101 DVD class.

Last month Kevin DeYoung posted an excellent blog called “10 Reasons to Believe in a Historical Adam.” I can’t say enough about the importance of this subject. 

I’m sure this passage in Genesis could have been further clarified, but perhaps it doesn’t need to be. God must have created out of nothing because there was nothing before he created (otherwise he would not be God). 

“Paradise” in the original language means something like, “a beautiful, manicured, park-like ‘garden.’”

Perhaps Randy carefully chose the word “renounce,” in that typically it has a meaning of “verbally proclaiming a completely severed relationship with another entity” (person, people, “the creation,” etc.).

Randy Alcorn answers the question, 'Why did God save the animals from the flood?"

First let me say that many sincere people believe in the Bible and also believe in an old earth. They do this via the gap theory or day age theory or some other means of interpretation.

So in Genesis 1, the idea is clearly that man somehow represents something of or about God, including His presence in the world and His authority. Since we know from other passages that it is not that God has arms, hands, or other bodily parts, the resemblance must be less concrete and more “essential.” None of the other creations of God (whether animal or angel) are in God’s image. We resemble His attributes as much as the material can emulate the perfect Immaterial.