Human nature continues to grapple with the consequences of original sin, from the time of the Fall to the first murder of Abel by Cain and even on into our present age – in our seemingly insatiable yet unfulfilled longing for happiness, in our anguish in suffering, in our loneliness and heartbreak. God, too, regretted the evil that had entered creation. In Genesis 6 we read the story of Noah, the Ark, and the Great Flood, describing the disharmony of early humanity. Following the Flood, God made his covenant with Noah, promising to break the wayward human race out of their rebellion and slavery and to abide with them in a renewed life.

While the word "myth" has come to mean "untrue account," we mean something quite different. Throughout the long ages of human life and culture, myth has been a way of expressing deep truths. And so, here, "mythic narrative" means "meaningful account." Indeed, it is an account that might be entirely true... or mostly false... or somewhere in between. We know where we stand, but that's for each listener to discover.

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A text version of this project is under production by ActsXXIX. See www.primematters.com/text.