Hello, this is Ashley Chase welcoming you to the Mark Driscoll podcast.

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Go to Genesis chapter one and if you don't know the Bible, just open it.

Page one, nailed it.

That's exactly where we find ourselves, really quick and simple.

And today we're going to look at a really important

question highly debatable are people created by God or evolved by nature I tend to be

a Bible teacher go through books of the Bible been doing doing this for 25 years. Every once in a

while you hit a section of the Bible that feels like a stiff headwind or you're

running in water up to your neck. This is that text. This is going to be for all of you some things that are

going to be a little difficult, little controversial. I'm just asking you. Think about it,

stick with me, work through it, and as we consider what Genesis has to say,

let me bring you up to speed. So last week we looked at God made the heavens and the earth

and prepared it for human life. How many of you are parents and you've got kids?

Right? Before your first baby comes, what do you got to change at your house?

Everything, yeah, everything. As soon as you realize a baby is coming out,

we need a nursery, we need a bassinet, we need a car seat,

we need to get rid of everything sharp, we need to cover all the light outlets, we need to prepare

this environment for this child.

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