The Narrow Path Ministries

benstenson wrote:This video addresses Original Sin and Jesus' relationship to Adam through Mary.

Jesus was a son of Adam

This video does not deny Jesus' divinity. I thought I should mention that in case the title gave a wrong impression.

This video addresses Original Sin and Jesus' relationship to Adam through Mary.

Jesus was a son of Adam

I agree that Rom 3:23 "all have sinned" does not need to be taken in such a strict sense as people often take it. I think it is more of a general statement intended to transcend the Jew/Gentile dividing line. I'd be thrilled to find out that Abel or anyone else did not sin. It seems that having no t...

Paidion ..Sir it is very exciting to hear that you think the same. I have had many of the same thoughts as those which you brought up. Your post was very encouraging, thank you.

So are you saying, Ben, that Christ's sacrifice of Himself on the cross, merely provided an example of self-sacrifice which we would be wise to follow? When we are aware of His loving self-sacrifice, we, too, are prompted to give of ourselves for the sake of others? Do we not, through Christ's sacr...

I like that analogy with the two cars. It is awesome that God's competence is not based on something that diminishes his ability to be in relationship with people. Here are a couple more analogies I emailed to someone recently. Imagine a chess master who plays the game in such a way as to provoke yo...

Candlepower I agree with what you said. I remember when I first read Ezekiel 18 in light of these ideas, I was a little embarrassed that I had even needed this explained to me, but I did.

Some die shortly before or after birth. As far as I am aware, they have not sinned. If death is a result of sin, and as you suggest, that Adam's sin does not somehow effect them, how is it that those who have not sinned are still subject to death? I don't believe death is meant literally. Verse 18 ...

...how does prophecy work? Hi Candlepower, I'm glad you enjoyed the post. I've gone through the following three steps in understanding prophecy so far. For me the first step was realizing prophecy was not always a simple prediction of future events but often a statement of God's own plans which he ...

When I became convinced open theism was true, I still thought that God had to know every little detail about everything (omniscience). So I adopted what I've heard called "dynamic omniscience". This was my reasoning and my version of dynamic omniscience: I accepted the idea that God can change his m...