The First Pandemic

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned—  Romans 5:12 NASB Because –This next section (v. 12-18) is one of the most difficult and most debated sections of this letter.  The argument is complicated and the implications are far reaching.  See…

Birth Pangs (1)

Then God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.”  Genesis 1:6 NASB Expanse – Genesis chapter 1 is undoubtedly the least understood and most misunderstood chapter in all the Bible.  Oh, it’s so familiar to us that we think we know what…

Living on the Edge

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— Romans 5:12 NASB Death – “The death of the soul is never quick. It is a slow dying, a succession of little deaths that continues until we wake up one…

Thank Geneva

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned   Romans 5:12  NIV Because – As Dwight Pryor points out, in 1599 the Geneva Bible translated the Latin text rather than the Greek text for this crucial word.  The…

Something Missing

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.  1 Corinthians 15:22  NASB In – We’ve looked at the difference between reading this preposition (en) as the material cause or the efficient cause.  I know, it’s complicated.  Maybe you had to read it a few times to see the…

The Universalism of Luther

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.  1 Corinthians 15:22  NASB In –  Augustine and Luther taught that all men sinned in the sin of Adam.  They believed that Adam represented every one of the human race and that when he fell, he took the whole human…

Contagion

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned –   Romans 5:12  NASB Death – Why do we die?  Before you quickly respond, “Because we are sinners,” let’s examine the cultural thinking during the time when Paul wrote these…