In this deep-dive episode of Mining Scripture, we slow down and examine the question verse by verse: Does the Bible actually teach a literal six-day creation, or has a popular idea — influenced more by modern evolutionary theory than by the Hebrew and apostolic writings — quietly shaped what many Christians assume is true?

• If death existed for millions of years before Adam, why does the Bible say that sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin?
• Why does Scripture repeatedly describe the original creation as “very good,” with no death or suffering, if evolution requires millions of years of struggle, disease, and extinction?
• Where did the idea of long-age evolution actually originate, and why is it never stated or even hinted at in the Bible the way most people assume?
• What changes when we read  ...