For over two hundred years the church has been embroiled in an intense debate over the age of the earth. Some Christians are unwavering in their belief that the earth is only thousands of years old, while others are convinced that science had conclusively proven the earth's age to be billions of years. Lying at the heart of this debate is the gap theory - the idea that billions of years of earth's history transpired between the first two verses of Genesis. In this book, the reader is taken through a detailed analysis of the theory, its history, and its teachings. This volume provides conclusive proof that the gap theory is not only unscriptural but also theologically dangerous.