Can Science and Creationism Coexist?

I've said all along they can and Oxford Math Professor John Lennox echoes my previously expressed thoughts on the subject in a new book called Seven Days That Divide the World (from The Christian Post):

In his book, Lennox first suggests that Genesis teaches readers the possibility that the seven days are suggestive of a more complex process.

"Jesus told parables about farming, building and fishing, not about factories, aviation and jungle exploration ... His parables are accessible to anyone in any age," he explains. "Similarly with Genesis."

He continues, "If the biblical explanations were at the level, say, of twenty-second century science, it would likely be unintelligible to everyone, including scientists today. This could scarcely have been God's intention. He wished His meaning to be accessible to all."

Lennox then considers the writings of Old Testament scholars such as John Walton and the late Frank Derek Kidner to express the possibility that the seven days of creation were written as a framework that "might then indicate that there is more to the text than ordered sequence."

Analyzing the grammar of Genesis 1:1, Lennox also suggests "that 'the beginning' of Genesis 1:1 did not necessarily take place in day one as is frequently assumed. The initial creation took place before day 1."

A delayed beginning separate from God's day one separation of the light from the darkness gives readers pause to believe that the earth may have been created long before He began the literal seven, 24-hour days of creation. It also gives the reader pause to further explore the scientific makings of the earth and the universe.

Lennox does not find pause for evolution, however.

He writes that verses from Genesis chapters one and two – "Let the earth sprout vegetation;" "Let the earth bring forth living creatures;" "The Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground" – affirm that humans have a shared chemistry with animals and plants.

However, he states, "Genesis seems to go out of its way to imply a direct special creation act [to make man], rather than suggesting that humans arose, either by natural processes or ... out of preexisting hominids."

You can read the rest at this link. My previous post on the subject of evolution/creation is here.  We differ a bit on the concept of a literal seven day creation, but agree that the ancient geological formations could be consistent within Biblical creationism.