By Edward O’Hara,
This man is credited, and rightly so, with the introduction for the Roman Catholic Church to her belief in the doctrine of original sin and sin nature. Also known as “necessity” in Augustine’s writings.
Which is actually the…
By Edward O’Hara:
There are many who teach that sins were not forgiven under the law, but only covered. Is this true? And what would make someone teach that it was only covered if the Bible says it was forgiven?
In Lev.4:32-35 we read how sin was dealt with through…
In John3 when Jesus tells Nicodemus he must be born again because what is born of the flesh is flesh. And what is born of the Spirit is spirit. He is not saying he must be born of the Spirit because being only flesh he is evil, or sinful by nature. As so many falsely teach.
By Edward O’Hara
In conversations I have had with people that believe in original sin and sin nature, there seems to be a big question about this. From seminarians to pastors to lay people, a strange doctrine emerges.
I say strange because it does not come from…
Edward O’Hara
Did you know that Paul’s teaching that he calls “the mystery that was hidden from ages past” in Col.1 speaks of the church leaving this place for heaven? We can only see this whenwe understand correctly who the “he…
By Edward O’Hara
In our last message in pt.2 of this series I talked about how and why free will terrified Augustine then, and terrifies his followers now. And how that fear caused Augustine, Luther, and Calvin to forsake free will.
And in pt.1 how that rather…
Edward O’Hara
Why did God make Adam a natural man? Why didn’t God make him spiritual from the beginning?Oh,” you say, “but God did make him spiritual from the beginning. He made him in His image and likeness so that means he was made…
Edward O’Hara
In Mat.18 Jesus says“Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”When taken out of context, as from what I have heard…
