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#12 Genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve and The Fall

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#12 Genesis, evolution, Adam and Eve and The Fall

April 24, 2019
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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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