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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.

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.....