But this is not (only) because it hands on the compressed mythic insights of antiquity but because it is the very Word of God. Finally, a specter haunts this book: the specter of Protestant ...
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. ... By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was ...
The state of the world was such that it deserved this punishment. Only Noah and his family were found good enough to be spared. The Bible calls Noah a “righteous man, blameless in his generation” ...