Podcast: Coffeehouse Questions

I was interviewed last week by Ryan Pauly on the Coffeehouse Questions podcast. We had a great time discussing questions related to the age of the earth.

Part 1: Was the biblical flood global or local?

It seems that believing in a global flood is one of the most agreed upon beliefs in Christianity. This makes sense because the Bible seems to be clear that the flood was global in Genesis 7:17–24. Even though this verse seems clear, there are some really smart Christians who think the flood was local. They believe that the waters were universal in destruction but not global in scope.

Part 2: Was there death before the Fall?

If the earth is old, then wouldn’t that mean there was death before the fall? How does this idea reconcile with Genesis 1:31 which says, “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” How can millions of years of animal death be called very good?

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