“Jesus himself does not speak of his death this way. Jesus doesn’t say that God is angry, or that he is paying the price for our sin. When he predicts his death to his disciples, he tells them he must… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“Hebrew, there’s a little play on words between the human (“adam”) and the earth (“adamah”). Thanks to God’s breath of life, the human of… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“If we are looking for a biblical view of sin, the best place to start is in Genesis 4, not Genesis 3. Genesis 4:7… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“One of the biggest mistakes we make when reading scripture is that we come to the text demanding something of it. Don’t misunderstand me: scripture has so much to give us, more than we can imagine. But scripture cannot be anything other than what it is. I don’t believe the function of scripture is to make us feel better, or… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share
“But God will walk among us not in the confines of the garden, but in the great expanse of the city. Even God doesn’t… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“Jesus is Lord” is our most central confession. “I am born with a sin nature” is not.” — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“Consider the possibility that while Genesis 3 is a great text to spark questions, it isn’t trying to answer a good number of those… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“you may be surprised to learn the church flourished for four centuries without any concept of original sin at all.” — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“Jesus himself does not speak of his death this way. Jesus doesn’t say that God is angry, or that he is paying the price… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“I would also encourage you to see the text literarily. (Did your brain fill in a different word you were expecting?!) By literarily, I… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“It’s worth noting, because the text just said the reason there was not yet a garden was because there was no rain and no… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“If we imagine creation to be something as simplistic as a utopian happy-go-lucky place where nothing ever will go wrong, we disparage the beauty… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
