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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 28 MIN

Earth Center of the Universe: Noah's Ark and Noah's Flood

from The Preaching of the Cross

A single question drives the whole broadcast: what happens to Christian faith if Noah’s Flood never happened? We take the position that there’s no safe middle ground. If Genesis is reduced to mythology, then the Bible’s authority weakens, and even the words of Jesus Christ about “the days of Noah” and His second coming become impossible to take at face value. That’s why we treat the Flood as more than a children’s story and more than a debate topic. We walk through the scriptural case first, showing how later Bible writers point back to Noah as real history and why Christ ties the Flood to future judgment. From there we look outward to global flood legends and shared details that show up across cultures: a world ruined by wickedness, a divine watery catastrophe, a preserved family, a vessel, animals, birds released, mountains, and waters that recede. We also answer the skeptical claim that these stories are just recycled missionary teaching, and we note why many traditions don’t read like late Christian imports. Then we turn to supporting claims from archaeology and geology: ancient tablets uncovered in places like Nineveh, the repeated “flood memory” found in older sources, and physical observations often used in global flood arguments such as marine remains at elevation, mass fossil deposits, and the startling preservation of animals like the woolly mammoth. We close where the Bible closes the subject: a warning and an invitation to find safety in the true ark of faith, the Lord Jesus Christ. Subscribe for more Bible preaching and apologetics, share this with a friend who loves evidence-based debates about Genesis and the global flood, and leave a review. What part of the argument do you find strongest, and what objections still bother you?Church Website — BibleBaptistDeLand.comMinistry Website — JamesWKnox.org YouTube Channel — YouTube.com/JamesWKnoxSermonsSermon Audio — SermonAudio.com/BibleBaptistDeLandWeb Store — Store.JamesWKnox.org

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A single question drives the whole broadcast: what happens to Christian faith if Noah’s Flood never happened? We take the position that there’s no safe middle ground. If Genesis is reduced to mythology, then the Bible’s authority weakens, and even the words of Jesus Christ about “the days of Noah” and His second coming become impossible to take at face value. That’s why we treat the Flood as more than a children’s story and more than a debate topic. We walk through the scriptural case ...

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