In an ear­lier post I argued that it was pos­si­ble that some Gen­tiles ful­filled the require­ments of the law of God sim­ply by their good nature. Tra­di­tional Chris­t­ian the­ol­ogy dis­counts such pos­si­bil­ity. Let me add a few more thoughts on the sub­ject — ver­i­fy­ing the con­text and the usage of terms will shed more lights on the mean­ing of the pas­sage. (more…)

In Joshua 7 despite the com­mand of God some of the Israelites took the things of Jerico devoted to destruc­tion, and that caused the dis­plea­sure of God towards the peo­ple. It is often thought that because of the sin of a few all the peo­ple became sin­ners. Does the sin of a sin­gle man really makes all oth­ers sin­ners? If it is so, where is jus­tice? If a fam­ily mem­ber com­mits a crime and because of it you are called a crim­i­nal though liv­ing right­eously wouldn’t you cry out for jus­tice? (more…)