THEOLOGY AND HISTORY ARE implicated in all of God's covenants. Scripture presents the story of Christianity in a comprehensive manner, including God's plan for the redemption of fallen man. It also addresses Christian doctrine, theology, mission, and destiny. But the Bible is also a history book containing horizontal (chronological) history and redemptive ("non linear" or …
First Principles Part Two: Salvation from Our Sin Nature
GOD FORMED MAN OUT out of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living creature (see Gen. 2:7). God put the man (Adam) in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it. The name Adam comes from adama, a Hebrew word meaning "earth." …
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