Empty Rhetoric Cannot Save You From Your Sin: A Critique of Keller, Hill, Allberry, and Sprinkle
Is mere homosexual desire in itself inherently sinful?
When Do We Get Our Souls? And How Does That Affect Original Sin?
Learn more about two competing views of the origin of the soul held throughout church history—and their implications for important doctrines.
Are Women Morally Responsible for Their Abortions?
In a culture afraid to call anything sin, Christians must stand ready to lovingly confront those making choices that dishonor God.
When Women Sin: Recognizing the Subtleties of Feminine Vice
The Holy Spirit has given the church (and the women in the church) precisely what we need to hear so that we would be in good order and the Word of God would be revered.
Herbert Marcuse and the Reality of Sin
Getting the doctrine of sin wrong means our entire worldview falls apart. Herbert Marcuse is one such example.
The Gospel Announces God’s Last Day Verdict for All Who Believe in Jesus Christ: Justified and Sins Forgiven
There is a present and future dimension to salvation in Christ—it is already ours, but we have not yet received it exhaustively.
True Practical Holiness: How the Means of Grace Keep us from Domesticating Sin
We know we ought to be holy—but how?
Original Sin and Original Death: Romans 5:12–19
To what extent is mankind born sinful? Any biblical attempt to answer this question must properly deal with Romans 5:12-19.
The Necessity of Believing in a Historical Adam
Rejecting a historical Adam leads to an avalanche of theological problems. The creation account is inerrant history, not poetry, historical fiction, or mythology.
C.S. Lewis on Sin & Punishment
What would C.S. Lewis say if you asked him about sin? Can we “love the sinner but hate the sin? And should we punish sinners who break the law . . . or merely rehabilitate them?
Minimized Corruption: A Roman Catholic Theology of Sin
What happens when mercy, at the expense of sin, becomes ingrained as the central message of the Bible? We find out in Rome’s story.
Talking about Sin is Hard: Its Covenantal Background and the Challenge of Modernity
We are not merely “broken”; we are “wicked.” The former language minimizes our culpability and takes away from the legal and covenantal responsibility.
