From Nashville to Denver (Part 2): My Critique of “The Denver Statement”
In my previous post, I critiqued the recent Evangelical statement known as The Nashville Statement regarding biblical sexuality in general, and homosexuality an...
Category: Theology
From Nashville to Denver (Part 1): My Critique of “The Nashville Statement”
It was almost two weeks ago that I started seeing Twitter and Facebook posts about something called The Nashville Statement—a 14-point declaration on biblical s...
The Genre, Historical Context, and Purpose of Genesis 1-11
Genesis: O Where to Begin? The book of Genesis is about beginnings: the beginning of creation, of humanity, and of civilization itself. Now, many of us in the m...
The Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 4): Romans 5, I Corinthians 15, Ancestral Sin, and the “Natural” Order of Things
In this final post regarding the doctrine of original sin, I want to offer a few brief thoughts on Romans 5:12-21 and I Corinthians 15, two texts often used to ...
The Problems with the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 3)
Although the particulars of the doctrine of original sin have varied throughout the centuries, the core of this doctrine has stayed intact: The sin of the first...
Augustine and the Doctrine of Original Sin (Part 2): Background About the Ultimate STD
As you might have noticed in the previous post, when it comes to the doctrine of original sin, YECist groups like Answers in Genesis tie it directly in with the...