As a Christian, it is important to me that what I see in God's word (The Bible) and what I see empirically in God's world around me are harmonious rather than contradictory accounts of what has taken place. One issue that I have discussed on a number of occasions with non-believing friends is the account of Genesis.
One hot topic, that is very important to how we interpret the book of Genesis is to do with the nature of death. Modern science seems to suggest that there has been death since the start of the world. Is this incompatible with what the Bible teaches about Death entering through Adam's sin as some would suggest (Romans 5:12).
Andrew Wilson has written a very helpful article which explores this issue in some depth. Check it out here:
