The issue of the age of the earth is contested within evangelicalism with many leading evangelical apologists advocating an old earth. John Lennox has risen to prominence in the last few years as one of the foremost defenders of the Christian faith, influencing many in this generation. In his book Seven Days That Divide the World, Lennox seeks to show that Christians need not be divided over the issue of the age of the earth, and that the Bible's account of creation in Genesis fits well with contemporary science. In doing this he attempts to show that the young earth view of creation is akin to believing in a fixed earth. Lennox reasons that the church has been wrong in the past over its interpretation of Scripture in light of scientific discovery, and that those holding to a young earth are wrong again. This paper will show that Lennox's arguments for an old earth cannot be supported either by Scripture or the history of the church.