What book of the Bible should I recommend first to curious non-believers?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

Well, hi, it's Bill Meyer, along with Pastor Adriel Sanchez, and this is the radio program where we answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life every day.

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In fact, we have a YouTube channel, and you can watch Adriel live right now in the studio and send him your question through YouTube. And of course, you can always email us at Questions at CoreChristianity.com. First up today, let's go to Richard calling in from Tennessee. Richard, what's your question for, Adriel?

Good evening. I have a question that I hope Richard calling in from Tennessee. Richard, what's your question for, Adriel? Gooding, gentlemen.

I have a question that I hope won't get me in the doghouse, but I've never really fully understood the issue of original sin.

I know the Bible tells us that Genesis, in Genesis, that Eve sinned first, yet God placed the blame of all of the sinful man on Adam.

I've heard people say that Eve was deceived, but Adam knew what he was doing. So does that

mean women are not held to the same standards as men when it comes to sin?

Hey, Richard, thank you for that.

Excellent question.

And I think part of the issue is, and it seems like specifically the question that you're asking is, why is it that typically in the Bible in the New Testament, you know, the blame gets placed on Adam.

You know, in Romans chapter 5, for example, when Paul is talking about the entrance of sin into the world, he's talking about Adam and all of us being in Adam.

Why doesn't he, why doesn't he focus on Eve? I mean, wasn't she the one that was initially

deceived? And there's a couple of things here. One, there's the idea of, or the reality of the fact that Adam, as the first man, was called to lead his family, the head of this holy household, and to guard his wife from the serpent. And so he didn't do that. He didn't protect his wife from the serpent there in the garden. This is a part of his priestly duty there in the garden. And so it wasn't just that Eve got deceived. It was also that Adam didn't take responsibility. And so I think there's a lesson here for us as well. As husbands, as those who are seeking to lead homes households we we bear a level

of responsibility for the spiritual nurture and care of our families that we can't just set aside

and the sad reality is many people have and so what what you're seeing here in particular is

God holding Adam responsible as the

covenant head of humanity for the entrance of sin into the world. And of course, you know, the good

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