We don't need to get involved in discussions of whether children receive their souls from their parents to understand the transmission of sin. Adam received all the good things that God wanted to pass on to humanity. Unfortunately, when Adam lost what he received from God, he lost it not only for himself but for…

The sin of parents is transmitted to their children. All people without exception are originally depraved. The beginning of this depravity will not be located until we acknowledge that Adam was the "head," or begin ning, of all people. Adam did not merely begin the human race by propagation. He was, in a sense, the…