Mike discusses Old Earth Creationism and whether it is biblical, arguing that the age of the earth is not clearly specified in Scripture and that he holds a flexible position, though he finds an ancient Adam and Eve much harder to reconcile biblically.

Mike outlines three camps within old-earth thinking: (1) old earth without evolution, (2) old earth with evolution, (3) old earth with a hybrid of evolution and miraculous intervention. He distinguishes the age of the earth from the question of evolution. He argues Genesis 1 is ambiguous about the gap between "in the beginning" and Day 1. His personal position is fence-sitting on earth age but greater difficulty accepting an ancient Adam and Eve. He expresses a desire to do a thorough future study of creation passages in Genesis, Psalms, and Job.