“Sin Which Dwells in Me”
My scariest movie moment happened at a drive-in theater in 1986. I was in a car with some friends, watching a new release called Aliens. Seen it? We had no idea what the [...]
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“Brothers, We Are Under Obligation”
You can learn a lot about people by the way they talk. People who have been apprehended by the grace of God talk about Jesus, love, and faith. They use words like [...]
Do Christians have a Sinful Nature?
Ever heard the one about how you have two natures wrestling inside you and the one that dominates is the one you feed the most? It’s not true. Christian, you do not have a [...]
The Religious Origins of Original Sin
For 2000 years Augustine’s doctrine of original sin has taught that you were a natural born sinner, stained with Adam’s sin. From the moment you drew your first breath, [...]
The old has gone, gone, gone
If there’s one thing I have learned from the movies, it’s that there is no problem that can’t be solved by faking your own death and fleeing to South America. Think of [...]
Why Was the Seventh Day Holy?
When God made the heavens and the earth, everything he did was good. And yet none of the six days of creation was considered holy. And God blessed the seventh day and made it [...]
Do NIV readers have a sinful nature?
Here are two verses that seem to say contradictory things about our sinful nature: 1. In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, not with a [...]
Escape to Reality 