“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 questions. It is not trying to determine how sin entered the world, or where death came… — 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 and harmony illustrated in the Genesis stories. God’s goodness is not that shallow and neither is… — 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:… — Danielle Shroyer Copy Share Image
“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
