Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (1 Cor. 15:14–19) It is no accident or mere coincidence that Paul addresses the issue of Adam in the same context (1 Cor. 15:21–22, 45–49). The implication is inescapable: Denial of the historicity of Adam, like denial of the historicity of Christ’s resurrection, destroys the foundations of the Christian faith. Why do some students of Scripture abandon a traditional view of Adam
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