Are Men Born Sinners?
The Myth of Original Sin
By A. T. Overstreet*
Table of Contents
Part One: Examining the Doctrine of Original Sin
1. Are Men Born Sinners?
2. Proof-texts Used to Support the Doctrine of Original Sin
3. The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Original Sin
4. The Bible Doctrine of Sin
5. Objections Answered
6. How a False Doctrine Could Persist so Long
7. Thirteen Reasons Why the Doctrine of Original Sin Is False
8. The Great Problem of Original Sin
9. Original Sin Makes God Inconsistent and Imperfect
10. Jesus Was a Man
11. Can Christians Live Without Sin?
12. God Hates False Doctrine
13. Footnotes for Text
14 Bibliography
Appendix A: The Nature and Attributes of Sin
Appendix B: The "Age of Accountability"
Appendix C: The Rational Moral Nature of Man
Appendix D: The Bible and Man's Rational Moral Nature
Appendix E: Temptation: the Occasion to all Sin
Appendix F: The Folly of Taking Text out of Context
Appendix G: Bible Texts Can Be Used to Prove Lies
Excerpts from Charles G. Finney's Sermon ...
Excerpts from Charles G. Finney's An Autobiography
Excerpts from Charles G. Finney's Lectures on Systematic ...
Excerpts from Henry C. Sheldon's System of Christian ...
Excerpts from Moses Stuart's Commentary on Romans
Excerpts from Albert Barnes' Notes on the Epistle of the ...
Footnotes for Anthology