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Dear Dr. Jennings:  I have been mulling over the premise that Adam broke the law of love, and the 10 commandments were added later (taken from your notes for quarterly lesson on sin).

Tim, Please comment more on Matt. 10:28. Some translations actually say to fear God who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Is God the one to be feared? Yet perfect love casts out all fear. W Great question, W, let’s first review how this passage is rendered in several versions: KJV:  And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ESV and NRSV:  And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the…

Please don’t take this as a “loaded question,” but was sin inevitable? …it seems to me sin really was inevitable if it took the full revelation-of-God to solve it, to never rise up again? So far the best I can do with it is to realize the nature of this thought is the evidence we are truly free. If you have anything beyond what I conclude, that will be great.

So, if breaking the law of Love leads as a natural consequence to death and if the wages of sin is death, then why is Satan still alive? It seems that there is no hope for him anymore, so is God’s spirit still intervening for him, keeping him alive?

In last week’s blog I pointed out the futility to computerized prayer or prayer wheels or any ritualistic prayer. I also pointed out the risk that prayer beads could lead to a non-thinking, empty formalism. This week I want to point out the upside to prayer beads.

Yes, that was the headline yesterday March 26, 2009. The article, by Bill Christensen, went on to say, “Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you.

This is regarding forgiveness. If God forgives everyone, then what do we do with the difficult verses in the Bible that say God will not forgive or God will not forgive unless we turn from our wicked ways?

Having read the following in your Statement of Faith… sin at its core is selfishness the very opposite of God’s character of love. sin originated with satan and mankind believed satan’s lies about God and rebelled against God and His law of love. Thus mankind became sinful/selfish and destined to die save God’s saving grace…

I would be very interested to hear a discussion at some point which starts with your observations in Lesson 8 (?) about the purpose of “judgment” when someone is accused of murder and when they are accused of unhealthful living.