Archive for December 2024
Denominations: Why We Need Them and Why They Never Should’ve Existed
(Book Preview) Chapter One: Man’s Moral Ability (Part 4/4)
Verse-By-Verse Understanding Romans 5:12 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Paul says it was through Adam’s sin that death was passed to all men. Whereas the early church would describe this as imitation, later theories…
Read More(Book Preview) Chapter One: Man’s Moral Ability (Part 3/4)
Understanding Spiritual Truths 1 Corinthians 2:14: “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” This one verse has spurred an entire doctrine, which states that people cannot understand spiritual truths in their natural state.…
Read More(Book Preview) Chapter One: Man’s Moral Ability (Part 2/4)
The Three Theories Three theories are trying to advocate for original sin, and within the original sin camp everyone defeats the other’s views. They are: The Augustinian Theory (also called the Theory of Adam’s Natural Headship or Realistic Theory), The Federal Theory (also called Federal Headship Theory), The Theory of Mediate Imputation (also called Adam’s…
Read More(Book Preview) Chapter One: Man’s Moral Ability (Part 1/4)
Introduction Made in God’s Image We are made in the image of God. In Genesis 1:26 God declares, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth,…
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