Alva Review-Courier -

I regret to say that I once read a book by a theologian. The subject was the theology of the Apostle Paul. Commenting on Paul’s emphasis on the death of Christ, the author said, “I fail to see how the death of one man 2,000 years ago has any relevance to me today.” If you view the death of Christ as the death of a single man, then the theologian is right: it really doesn’t make any difference to anyone living today. But in Paul’s theology, the death of Christ was not the death of a single man. Writing to the Corinthians he said, “We conclude that if one died for all, then all died (with him).”...