The Bible Nerd Podcast

In the evolutionary timescale, humanity came on the scene about 100,000 to 400,000 years ago, depending on who you ask. But the Bible seems to record an entirely different chronology. Is there any evidence—biblical or otherwise—that mankind is only around 6,000 years old? In this lesson we’re taking a biblical look at how we can know the universe was created by God only around 6,000 years ago. The Bible gives a strict chronology of human history, and that’s our subject matter for today.

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Is Adam all but gone but gone from the Church today? Many church leaders claim there is no need for a historical Adam and that he never existed. Others believe that he existed, but is not necessary to explain the human condition and that if he doesn’t exist after all, no big deal. Still others believe that the very gospel itself loses its entire foundation if we remove the notion of a historical Adam. Who is right? Have we any hope of finding Adam in the church again?

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This week we’re examing Adam, the New Testament, and the Church. Were the NT writers and church fathers convinced of Adam’s historicity? Despite the fact that many attempt to support an old earth and even an allegorical Adam by appealing to writers throughout the centuries, an examination of the historical data seems to yield completely different results. For instance, what did Augustine really believe about the creation? Did a historical Adam have a rightful place in Paul’s theology in passages such as 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 5? What about influential remembers such as Luther and Calvin—where did they stand on Genesis and Adam? We cover two chapters in our textbook this week, so hold on tight! As always—I highly recommend you actually buy the book (link below). There is SO much information we could not cover in this podcast. These chapters are extremely enlightening and very interesting as well.

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As we begin this series, The Biblical Origin of Humanity, we must first ask how the Old Testament writers seemed to view the creation account. Was it actual history? Was Adam merely allegorical–or are there direct ties between him and other historical characters as mentioned in Genesis and the rest of the Old Testament? Should the biblical text be treated like all other ANE texts, and should we assume the ancients were scientifically ignorant? We’ll answer these questions and more this week as we view Adam according to the Old Testament.

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There is an unfortunate and disturbing trend amongst evangelicals today. In a world where some of the leading atheist philosophers and even many mainstream scientists are retreating from the idea of biological evolution over millions of years, much of the church has begun to accept it. Along with this acceptance comes a very dangerous trade-off: the existence of a historical Adam and Eve according to the clear teaching of Genesis. Scholars have made provision to allegorize away these “uncomfortable” parts of the Bible, and as a result, many have taken the inch and traveled a mile by changing God’s Word to accept what they think it ought to say about our origins, sin, and a whole host of other issues. This new series, the Biblical Origin of Humanity, will tackle this issue and delve into the Biblical, historical, scientific, and cultural evidence for Adam.

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“Evolution is just a theory!” Have you ever used this defense before? If so, prepare to be met with a challenge. We should be careful not to use this line of reasoning because scientists use this term differently than most do. It does raise an important question, though. Is evolution a scientific theory, and should it be treated as such? We answer these questions and more in this week’s lesson by examining a popular evolutionist meme.

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One of the main reasons for believing the earth is billions of years old, evolutions claim, is that radioisotope dating methods provide quite old absolute ages. But, is that the full truth? Creation scientists have made some significant discoveries that stand in full contrast to this central dogma. In fact, we have many documented instances where the radiometric dates do not at all coincide with the known ages of the rocks. If these dating methods don’t work when we know the age of the test sample, why should we expect them to work when we don’t know it?

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Recently, my family and I took a trip to the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter in Kentucky. This popular attraction, by the awesome folks at Answers in Genesis, is a great place to take the family for a getaway. It was nice, for a change, to have a vacation destination that actually built up our faith and was intentionally made to be God-honoring. In this week’s lesson, I provide some practical tips and takeaways you can choose to maximize your trip to these powerful attractions.

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Last week, we dealt with arguments creationists shouldn’t use. To expand on that, we think anyone can use a simple, three-step process to become a well-informed Biblical creationist. Leaving out even just one of these steps can potentially lead you into erroneous thinking. But a faithful application of all three will help you to sort through the pseudoscience and be able to accurately and faithfully defend your faith with confidence.

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A fundamental scientific concept is that it is always changing. Since creationism is not anti-science, we must acknowledge this in order to remain consistent! Of course, old and/or bad scientific arguments have no effect on whether or not the Bible is true. It simply means we have progressed in our scientific knowledge, and must adjust accordingly. In this lesson, we look at some of those models as well as other bad arguments for Creation, and discuss why we should reconsider before using them to argue our position.

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