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I do not find his arguments against inborn sin to be at all convincing. They seem more based on his personal preference and logic than anything biblical.

If you are going to argue about an alternate interpretation of the Bible. You need to back yourself up with texts from the Bible itself, not with sophistry.

Again, yes, Christ came 'in the flesh' but that just means that he had a body, it's not being used at all in the same way as Romans 5 uses it because it's contrasting being ruled by the spirit and ruled by the sin nature.

If the doctrine of the sin nature were not true, then why would Christ need to be born of a virgin? The seed of the woman? The whole reason for the virgin birth was to annul inborn sin from Adam.

Yes, the word flesh is used positively and negatively in the Bible. But it depends on the context. When it is talking about the flesh in contrast with the spirit, it's almost entirely negative. So, yes, the flesh nature is carnality and unrepentance.
Getting rid of the theology of universal sin just because the Bible uses 'flesh' in different senses is a huge issue.

Uh. What about in Romans, when Paul literally says that he finds a law in him that which he does not want to do he does?

I think he is mistaking justification and sanctification together. Plus, I don't find his argument convincing.

You can't just say 'the greek means something different' and then not back it up. I mean he doesn't even tell us the greek word so we can look it up ourselves. And he says 'Personally'

The bad news is that there is no excuse for falling short. The Good news is that there is forgiveness and cleansing.

"For a person to assess his life as victorious based upon how well he has followed the Law indicates that his source of satisfaction is derived from his own self-effort. This is idolatrous; it leads to self-righteousness, and it is not what God intended."

...I think I might have a problem. Lol.

On overcoming difficulty. On taking the need to change the plan in stride, and on moving through it.

I just sat there and was like...Yeah, but it was awful. I could have done better. I should have done better. Taking the bad lesson in stride is called being professional, it's expected, the bare minimum, not something to be praised for. Oh. Lookie there, I've managed to completely reject everything she said.....

So...yeah...I do that.

Yesterday, for instance, I had an observation. I thought it went terribly. The students didn't get what I was trying to teach them, I didn't have as much involvement as I normally have, you could literally see them getting more and more confused, and the class didn't move forward at all.

In short, it sucked.

My supervisor thought it went well! She complimented me on my ability to persevere

"Even when affirmations and support come through your shame-grid, your mind rejects the praise. You simply don't believe the messages. What comes through is, "It's not true; I'm still not good enough. I could do better. Besides, if people knew what I'm really like, they wouldn't be give me all these strokes." Or you push away the validation because 'humility' earned a lot of points in the past."

"No one's shame can be eradicated by the performance of another."

"A system will actually use more time and energy not dealing with issues than with dealing with them."

Boy is that ever true.

"Consequently, you develop a shame-based way of looking at yourself. You accept the view that others might slip up and make mistakes once in a while, but they're still basically worthwhile people. You, however, are a like a mirror image of that: No matter how many times you get it right (whatever it is, according to ...your environment) you will never be acceptable. Down deep, you believe something is wrong with you"

"Shame...is not just a feeling, though we often speak of it that way...Shame is the belief or mindset that something is wrong with you. It's something that you can live with and not necessarily be aware of it. It's not that you feel bad about your behavior, it's that you sense or believe you are deficient, defective or worthless as a human being."

Healthy behaviors result from an identity that's healthy and fully based upon God's performance on our behalf.