Original Sex (The End of the Empire 2)

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:25  ESV Naked – While Jewish thought pays fairly little attention to the claim that the original couple were naked, Christian thinking has used this innocent passage to create an entire sexually-oriented prohibitive theology that, as I will attempt to show,…

Dwight Pryor on Sinful Nature

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. …

Dwight Pryor on Sinful Nature

nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will…

Madness

“Therefore Pilate said to Him, ‘So You are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.’” John 18:37 NASB For this –Pues…

Origins of the Idea of Sinful Nature

Christians who follow the theological bent of Augustine and Luther claim that these men derived the doctrine of sinful nature from Scripture, particularly the Genesis account of the Fall. Luther’s articulation depends on Augustine, one of the early church fathers, in spite of the differences between the two on soteriology. However, since the rabbis worked with…

Graceland (1)

And it shall come to pass, if you carefully listen to my commandments which I command you today,  . . . Deuteronomy 11:13 Carefully Listen To –  Rabbi Joshua ben Karha said, “Why does the section, Hear, O Israel (Deut 6:4-9) precede the [section] and it shall come to pass if ye shall harken [diligently…