Tag Archives: Adam

Dealing with the Confusion, Grief, and Existential Chaos of Leaving Fundamentalism or Traditional Evangelicalism

Posted on April 16, 2018 by jesuswithoutbaggage

If you are questioning beliefs you were taught in fundamentalism or evangelicalism, your journey might be going smoothly or it might involve a lot of fear and uncertainty. It is not easy challenging beliefs we once deeply held. Over a … Continue reading →

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Original Sin or Something Else?

Posted on September 10, 2013 by jesuswithoutbaggage

As we look around us we see a world filled with pain, violence, destruction, and death. Life is never safe for we are ever at the mercy of destructive forces of nature, the onslaught of disease, and victimization by power … Continue reading →

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Does an Evolutionary Adam Provide a Compromise between Evolution and Creation?

Posted on June 20, 2013 by jesuswithoutbaggage

Ever since evolution became a significant scientific theory, some Christians have embraced it as generally factual or at least possible. However, not all Christian evolutionists view the Genesis creation accounts the same way. Some understand them as unhistorical and others try … Continue reading →

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Why is Creation so Important to Creationists?

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jesuswithoutbaggage

Why is the battle of creationists against evolutionists so intense? One might think it easy enough to accept that the Genesis creation accounts were written by an ancient, pre-scientific society as a poetical expression or as a reflection on the question: … Continue reading →

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Paul Had Remarkable Insights but He was not Inerrant

Posted on February 6, 2013 by jesuswithoutbaggage

Paul looms large in the New Testament, in church history, and in theology. To many, he is the authoritative source of their detailed theologies–a reservoir of revelation from God. I agree that Paul made invaluable contributions to the spread of … Continue reading →

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