3. Some deny the plain teaching of the Bible  Atheists, skeptics, agnostics  Undermine all things began with God ▪Authority of God ▪Accountable to God

4. Some deny the plain teaching of the Bible  “Believers” compromise ▪Lee Strobel, The Case For A Creator ▪Hill Roberts, Christian & NASA scientist ▪Compromise undermines Scripture

5. Our faith must be grounded in God’s word  Truth, Jn. 17:17  Settled, Psa. 119:89  Guide, Psa. 119:105  Reject all that contradicts, Psa. 119:104

7. Theistic evolutionists accept an old earth  Charles Darwin: 20 million years  Current: 4.6 billion or 4,600 million

8. The Bible shows a young earth  Us to Jesus: about 2,000 years  Jesus to Abraham: about 2,000 years  Abraham to Adam: about 1,948 years  Luke 3: 55 men from Christ to Abraham  Luke 3: 20 men from Abraham to Adam

9. The Bible shows a young earth Adam [130] Seth [105] Enosh [90] Cainan [70] Mahaiael [65] Jared [162] Enoch [65] Methuselah [187] Lamech [182] Noah [500] Shem [100] Arphaxad [35] Salah [30] Eber [34] Peleg [30] Reu [32] Serug [30] Nahor [29] Terah [70] Abraham Adam Abraham 1948 Enoch 7 th from Adam Jude 14

10. The earth was created in six days  Genesis 1:1-31  Exodus 20:11  Exodus 31:17

11. If the six days are figurative, then what about…  Plants that need bees, Gen. 1:9-12, 20-23  Man & woman at the beginning, Mk. 10:6  God’s attributes at beginning, Rom. 1:18-21  Seven days of Joshua 6:3-5

12. Claim: flood of Genesis 7 was local  Not enough water  Man not over all the earth

13. The Bible: universal flood  Worldwide, Gen. 7:17-24  Never happen again, Gen. 9:11  Miraculous event: changed geology

14. The Bible: universal flood  Long life spans, mild climates before - The Global Flood of Noah  Population: 1830-1930 doubled  Creation to flood over 1,600 years  At least 100 flood traditions recorded by ancient civilizations

15. Abundant geological evidence - www.answersingenesis.org  Fossils of sea creatures high above sea level  Rapid burial of plants & animals  Rapidly deposited sediment layers  Sediment transported long distances  Rapid or no erosion between strata  Many strata laid down in rapid succession

16. Some view Genesis 1-11 as mythological  No real Adam & Eve  No serpent in the garden that spoke to Eve  No universal flood  No tower of Babel

17. New Testament refers to Genesis 1-11 as real people and/or events - Creation Compromises  Jesus on marriage, Mt. 19:4-6  Jesus on the flood & Noah, Mt. 24:37-39  Peter on the flood & Noah, 1 Pt. 3:20, 21  Hebrews on Noah, Heb. 11:7

18. New Testament refers to Genesis 1-11 as real people and/or events - Creation Compromises  Paul on Adam, Rom. 5:14; 1 Cor. 15:22, 45-49  Paul on Adam & Eve, 1 Tim. 2:11-14  Paul on Eve & the serpent, 2 Cor. 11:3  Paul on the woman from man, 1 Cor. 11:8, 9  Paul on creation, 2 Cor. 4:6

19. Some deny the plain teaching of the Bible  Atheists, skeptics, agnostics  Undermine all things began with God ▪Authority of God ▪Accountable to God

20. Our faith must be grounded in God’s word  Truth, Jn. 17:17  Settled, Psa. 119:89  Guide, Psa. 119:105  Reject all that contradicts, Psa. 119:104