Disagreeing on the Flood Isn't Heresy (Responding to Rosaria Butterfield)

Gavin Ortlund responds to Rosaria Butterfield’s criticisms by defending the legitimacy of non-global flood interpretations within historic Christianity and calling for greater humility, charity, and discernment in Christian disagreements. Video Mentioned: Is My Local Flood View Heresy?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgVsZCdlSPM Book Mentioned: The Biblical Flood: A Case Study of the Church's Response to Extrabiblical Evidence: https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Flood-Response-Extrabiblical-Evidence/dp/0802807194/truthunitesbo-20 Truth Unites (https://truthunites.org) exists to promote gospel assurance through theological depth. Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville. SUPPORT: Tax Deductible Support: https://truthunites.org/donate/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/truthunites FOLLOW: Website: https://truthunites.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truth.unites/ X: https://x.com/gavinortlund Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TruthUnitesPage/ MY ACADEMIC WORK: https://truthunites.org/mypublications/ PODCAST: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/truth-unites DISCORD SERVER ON PROTESTANTISM Striving Side By Side: https://discord.gg/MdTt6d5PVs CHECK OUT SOME BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Christianity-Makes-Sense-Mysteries/dp/0310182204/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/What-Means-Be-Protestant-Always-Reforming/dp/B0CNFFP6LK/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Makes-Sense-World-That-Doesnt/dp/1540964094/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Theological-Retrieval-Evangelicals-Need-Future/dp/1433565269/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Right-Hills-Die-Theological/dp/1433567423/truthunitesbo-20 https://www.amazon.com/Retrieving-Augustines-Doctrine-Creation-Controversy/dp/0830853243/truthunitesbo-20 00:00 - Introduction 03:14 - 1) What the Bible Says 08:58 - 2) Church History 21:45 - 3) Christian Disagreements 24:03 - Answering Two Objections 27:17 - Closing