Creation not Macroevolution 4: Doctrine Matters

In this 4th of 4 sermons on "Creation not Macroevolution" & dedication of Gavin's old earth creationist book, "Creation, Not Macroevolution - Mind the Gap" (2014) on St. Basil's Day, 14 June 2014, Gavin says this sermon title includes the words, "Doctrine Matters," and the words "Doctrine Matters" are a double entendre in which on the first meaning, "Doctrine Matters" means "things to do with doctrine," & on the second meaning, the words "Doctrine Matters" means "doctrine is of importance." It is thus a compliment to his previous sermon, "Science Matters." Gavin gives a short summary of his Out-of-Eden Persian Gulf old earth creationist Local Earth Gap School model. He divides doctrine into spiritual and moral matters. On moral matters, he refers to the antediluvians' sins isolated in Gen. 6 of mixed marriages and violence, and in Matt. 24:37-39 of gluttony, drunkenness, and mixed marriages. On spiritual matters, Gavin considers the example of St. Basil the Great (d. 379) in connection with: 1) the Protestant's Biblical authority, 2) justification by faith, 3) the usage of the Trinitarian doctrine of the first four general councils (Nicea, 325; Constantinople, 381; Ephesus, 431; & Chalcedon, 451), & Trinitarian clarifications on these by the 5th & 6th general councils (Constantinople II, 553; & Constantinople III, 681), and The Three Creeds (Apostles', Athanasian, & Nicene), to isolate the type of thing used to define orthdoxy from heresy in Gen. 1-3 for a creation model. 4) St. Basil as a champion of Trinitarian orthodoxy. 5) The fact that St. Basil considered in Gen. 1 there is a distinctive prior creation before the later six 24 hour creation days.