Creation

Question 1

What are the contents of Genesis 1?
“In the ————-, God ———- the ———- and the ——-.”

Answer 1

process of the Earth’s creation - took 6 days and he rested on the 7th

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.”

Question 2

What are the contents of Genesis 2?
“formed a —- from —— of the ———“

Answer 2

more detail into the creation of Adam and Eve
“formed a man from dust of the ground”

Question 3

Adam and Eve were told to “rule over the —— in the —- and the ——- in the —-“
What is this called?

Answer 3

“the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky”
dominion

Question 4

Adam and Eve were told to care for the world they were placed into.
What is this called?

Answer 4

stewardship

Question 5

What is the creationist interpretation of Genesis?

Answer 5

taking the story of creation literally— God actually created the world in 6 days, and humans were made “in His image”

Question 6

What is the liberalist interpretation of Genesis?
What does this allow them to be more open to?

Answer 6

seeing the story as a metaphor
other theories about creation e.g. the Big Bang or evolution