Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB Brought forth – There is hardly any verse in the Bible that has created more suffering and despair than this one. Why? Because coupled with Genesis 3, this verse is the proof that everyone, you and I, are born…
Behold, I was brought forth in guilt, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB In guilt/ in sin – We’ve looked at this crucial verse several times. If you’re interested in how it was mis-used to justify a doctrine of original sin and sinful nature, then you may want to review the previous…
And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. Genesis 2:25 ESV Naked – In the last 200 years of the great Portuguese Empire, Portugal imported nearly 6 million African slaves to its territories in the New World. The British and the Portuguese accounted for nearly 70% of all trans-Atlantic slavery. …
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,…
“When the unclean spirit comes out of [a]a person, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it then says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than…
And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘Let My people go . . .’” Exodus 5:1a NASB Go – A new Gregorian year begins. This wasn’t always the case. Until 1582 the Julian calendar was the common civil calendar. Even today, some religious…
then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took by robbery or acquired by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him, or the lost property which he found, Leviticus 6:4 NASB Becomes guilty – It is often claimed that Leviticus deals only with unintentional sin. Verses…
“The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.” Ezekiel 18:20 NASB Person who sins – It’s…
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me. Psalm 51:5 NASB Conceived – Have you ever felt as though everything in your life was just wrong? That somehow you got off track and life ended up just being one big mess? Have you ever felt as if you just…
Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime. Deuteronomy 24:16 JPS Torah Commentary: Deuteronomy Only – Does God punish people for the sins of their ancestors? Well, if you read Exodus 20:5-6, Exodus 34:6-7,…
