You can believe with great intellectual integrity what the Bible says about Adam and the origin and history of man. Though there are a growing number of books out on Adam, this one is unique in its multi-author combination of biblical, historical theological, scientific, archaeological and ethical arguments in support of believing in a literal Adam and the Fall. A growing number of professing evangelical leaders and scholars are doubting or denying a literal Adam and a literal Fall, which thereby undermines the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Last Adam, who came to undo the damaging consequences of Adam’s sin and restore us to a right relationship with our Creator. This book will increase your confidence in the truth of Genesis 1-11 and the gospel:
- Enhance your understanding pertaining to the biblical evidence for taking Genesis as literal history
- Discover the scientific evidence from genetics, fossils, and human anatomy for the Bible’s teaching about Adam
- Understand the moral, spiritual, and gospel reasons why belief in a literal Adam and Fall are essential for Christian orthodoxy.
DR. TERRY MORTENSON is a speaker, writer, and researcher for Answers in Genesis. He joined AiG in 2001 after 26 years as a missionary with Campus Crusade for Christ, mostly in Eastern Europe. He has spoken on the creation-evolution issue in schools, universities and seminaries in 25 countries and has also had seven formal debates with evolutionary PhD scientists. He received a B.A. in mathematics from the University of Minnesota, a Masters of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, and a Ph.D. in the history of geology from Coventry University in England. He is the author of numerous articles and the book The Great Turning Point: the Church’s Catastrophic Mistake on Geology Before Darwin (2004). He also co-edited and contributed to the 14-author, scholarly collection of essays called Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth (2008). He says that you know he is a real creationist, because he and his wife, Margie, have 8 kids and 11 grandkids.