The Alisa Childers Podcast #359 Young Earth, Old Earth, or Theistic Evolution? | Dr. Tricia Scribner
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Mar 1, 2026 Dr. Tricia Scribner, philosopher and apologist who researched origins and theistic evolution, joins to unpack young-earth, old-earth, and theistic evolution distinctions. They explore how these views affect biblical interpretation, human origins, and doctrine. The conversation covers models of theistic evolution, divine guidance debates, and why origins debates distract from core gospel priorities.
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Intermittent Intervention Affirms Image Bestowal On Representatives
- Intermittent interventionists (Dennis Alexander) hold God intervenes at major transitions like life and humans, possibly bestowing the image of God on existing Homo sapiens.
- This view accepts a human 'soul' infusion while bodies preexist in a hominin population.
Responsive Rerouting Relies On Open Theism And Panpsychism
- Responsive rerouting (Greg Boyd) ties to open theism and panpsychism: God responds to creaturely choices and 'reroutes' outcomes rather than foreknowing fixed futures.
- Scribner warns this lowers classical attributes like divine immutability and omniscience.
Process Theology Links Evolution To A Changing God
- Purposeless process TE and process theology (John Haught, Kenton Sparks) embraces panentheism where God and creation co-evolve and God changes with the world.
- Scribner argues this often becomes non-Christian because it redefines God's classical attributes and historic Christian claims.
