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Sin isn't inherited through DNA - there's no "sin gene". Adam in his original state had all human DNA - when he sinned, he didn't acquire any extra! Sin is a spiritual inheritance, not a biological one. I have to disagree with you (respectfully of course!) because to my mind, if Jesus didn't...

"Immaculate conception" refers to the conception of Mary (a Roman Catholic doctrine). The correct term for Jesus' coming is "virgin birth". He had no human father, but He did have a human mother and inherited His human nature from her. He would have had her DNA! So He was indeed Jewish. If...

You mean that Luke wrote his gospel under the influence of "bad doctrine"? That amounts to saying that the New Testament can't be trusted.

Was the Thief on the Cross Baptized or Not? We don't know. We are not told - and if baptism was essential to salvation, we would have been told.

Maybe. But remember that people have always suffered these kinds of problems, long before Covid or Covid vaccines came along. There are hundreds of possible causes of a high white blood cell count (any infection, or inflammation anywhere in the body), and a lot of them can cause clotting...

The adenovirus vaccines (such as the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine) can cause a (very very) few people to make antibodies against one of the many molecules that make up our blood clotting system. This causes the blood platelets to malfunction, which results in both blood clots and abnormal...

The main object of this exercise is to protect a wife from her husband's unfounded jealousy. Drinking such water would not in itself cause an abortion. It's very unlikely that it would have any serious effects at all. In effect, it's a form of "trial by ordeal" (if guilty, the woman will suffer...

Christmas is the birth of Jesus Christ! (We have a Christmas tree as part of our decorations - but it's made of plastic and we don't worship it)

All human beings are made in God's image. But none of us are physically and psychologically perfect - we all have flaws.

A very long time ago, I knew a Christian couple (married just a few years, with a small child). The husband was persistently unfaithful. As well as having another sexual partner, he spent their money (of which they didn't have much) on this other woman, and cajoled other church members into...

Because the New Testament was originally written without punctuation, a debate has arisen over whether the word ‘today’ belongs to Jesus’ opening phrase (“Truly I tell you today…”) or with His promise (“today you will be with Me in Paradise”). Technically, either interpretation could be correct...

Paul says in verse 13 that it's because the man was created "first". Not better, smarter, or more privileged, or male - just "first". That meant Adam had more knowledge and spiritual experience than Eve. She was (relatively) ignorant and naïve. She thought that she could handle Satan's...

I don't see what evolution has to do with sin. Sin came into the world via the human race. It wasn't there before. At some point in our evolution, God created His image in/on us. From then on, we became moral beings who were capable of rebellion and sin. And it wasn't long before we did sin.

Can't speak for America, but here in the UK virtually nobody believes Putin is a "good guy". However, there's a lot of fake news about the war circulating - and it evidently suits some people to believe it.

Becoming a Christian is a combination of our free decision and God's supernatural intervention - because we have to be born again, which is not our doing but the work of His Spirit. What John is emphasising here is that membership of God’s family cannot be inherited from our parents (whether...

Apparently a lot of mediaeval art works depict the wound in Christs side (on the cross) in such way as to make it resemble a vagina. That is a fact - the idea wasn't invented by the speaker and on the face of it doesn't have anything to do with the modern transgender movement. I suppose it says...

I don't believe that creation and evolution are mutually exclusive. Why couldn't God have invented evolution? Not all Christians interpret Genesis 1 literally, so the "6 days" doesn't preclude either evolution or an old earth.

Neither "Jehovah" nor "Calvary" nor "Holy Ghost" should be in a modern Bible. They are accidents of translation, not in the original text. "Jehovah" should really be YHWH, "Calvary" (a Latin word) is better rendered "Place of the Skull", and "Holy Ghost" should always be "Holy Spirit". And if I...

There are some similarities with Numbers 24:19 and I Samuel 15:29. One of those may be the verse you're thinking of.

I use commentaries a lot. They give you useful background information (history, geography, cultural differences). This is very important because without this knowledge you can jump to the wrong conclusions about what a passage means. Also, the good ones will point out where Christians differ in...