Truth Unites Is My Local Flood View HERESY?
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Jan 31, 2024 
Gavin Ortlund, President of Truth Unites, discusses the local flood view. They address misconceptions, interpret the flood story, and debate different theories. They explore the credibility of Christians, arrogance, and ignorance, and discuss the interpretation of passages related to the flood.
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Ancient 'Whole Earth' Means Known World
- Ancient Hebrew 'whole earth' language often meant 'the known world' rather than the modern globe.
- Gavin Ortlund argues Genesis should be read in that ancient geographical context, not modern categories.
Global Flood Requires Extra Miracles
- A global-flood reading often requires many extra miracles beyond the text, like geological reshaping and lightning-speed evolution.
- Ortlund warns these ad hoc additions risk contradicting the flood narrative itself.
Conservative Scholars Have Regional Readings
- Ortlund surveys conservative scholarship showing many respected evangelical sources read the flood as regional.
- He cites the ESV Study Bible, NIV notes, and commentators like Derek Kidner and Meredith Kline supporting non-global readings.