Why do I call Romans 8 the best chapter in the Bible because it is?

Christians for centuries I think have turned to Romans 8 because it gives us the gospel in one chapter.

It talks about the doctrine of the Trinity, Father Son and Holy Spirit.

And I had a deacon one time saying to me that this was in some way calling it a question the inspiration of all of Scripture

and isn't all of Scripture great and the greatest and I said well just answer this question

if you've got two minutes to live do I read the first few chapters of Chronicles which is a list of names or do I read Romans 8

and I think the answer is always going to be Romans 8 because it says everything that needs to be said about the gospel in one chapter.

Romans 8 a teaching series with Derek Thomas to learn more visit liganyour.org slash teaching series.

There is a common misconception about the term original sin.

Some people just assume that the term original sin must refer to the first sin, the original, the first sin of Adam and Eve.

But that's not what is referred to historically in the church by the doctrine of original sin.

Actually original sin refers to the consequences of Adam's first sin that because of his fall were all affected by the power of sin.

But there's been a long running debate over just how much were affected. Does it influence us just a little or completely?

Today on renewing your mind, Arcy stroll examines the doctrine of total depravity.

I think of an event that took place in history just a couple of years before the pilgrims landed on the shores of New England in the Mayflower.

A controversy that spread throughout Europe and then around the world that had its roots in the Netherlands.

It began in a theological faculty of a Dutch institution that was committed to Calvinistic theology.

When some of the professors began to have second thoughts about issues relating to the doctrine of election and predestination and that sort of thing.

And this theological controversy erupted and as it spread across the country, it upset the church and upset the theologians of the day until finally a synod was convened and issues were squared away and certain people were rejected in their views among whom was a man by the name of our minios.

But the group who led this movement against orthodox reform theology were called the remonstraunts.

They were called the remonstraunts because they were remonstrating or protesting against certain doctrines within their own theological heritage.

And there were basically five doctrines that were the core of the controversy and what has happened as a result of this debate is that these five core theological issues became known in subsequent generations as the so-called five points of Calvinism.

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