Ask NT Wright Anything #12 Genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve and The Fall

2019-04-24T17:00:00

Tom Wright joins Justin to answer listener questions on how to interpret the early chapters of Genesis, what he believes about the nature of Adam and Eve, whether suffering and death existed before the fall and much more… He also pulls out the guitar once more for a Genesis-themed song.

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Ask NT Wright Anything #128 Why did God make childbirth difficult? More questions about Eden and the Fall

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Ask NT Wright Anything #127 How do I reconcile Evolution, the Fall and Original Sin?

2022-07-21T17:00:00Z

If evolution is true then physical death existed before the Fall - how do we reconcile that with scripture? How do we reconcile evolution with the concept of a first man and woman and original sin? Did the Fall also affect the rest of the universe?

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