Was Adam really a historical person? Can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job of correctly reconstructing the truth of human origins? Although the church currently faces these pressing questions—exacerbated as they are by scientific and philosophical developments of our age—we must not think that they are completely new. In this talk, Dr. VanDoodewaard addresses the historicity of the biblical creation account, and why it matters so much for the church today.