method. At first glance, this might seem like a trivial point to investigate. Discussion about one Greek word would appear to have little impact on our personal ministry. But in targeting sarx, we are entering an active area of theological investigation in which conclusions “will go far toward determining the whole character of Paul’s conception of religion.”1 This is very practical theology. Why Jay Adams in particular? There are at least three reasons to consider Adams’s view of the flesh. First,