Hi brother Ed I am a little confused about what happened in the Garden of Eden. Adam died that's physical death. What else died spiritual or his relationship with God. Jesus said you must be born again that's your spirit. So how can you connect the two. My pastor said we have a dead spirit and we died spiritual. Can you clear this up for me.

Ge 37:28,36
The Midianites & the Ishmeelites
I know I’ve heard brother James’s explain this so-called discrepancy, but I can’t remember what the explanation was or where I heard it. Could you shed some light on this for me?

While I agree with the roots of Christmas all being pagan, there is at least one Bible story that messes with my understanding of what God accepts as worship. Mt 9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: This is unscriptural (OT) as can be and Christ gloriously accepted it. Where does that fit in? It's the first time we read of virtue flowing from Christ to someone else, and it took precedence over the Hebrew girl, Jairus' daughter (in the context of course). And later was apparently a commonly accepted form of worship or at least an appeal to Him for healing. Mt 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. Do you see my point of dilemma Bro Ed?