Church History was one of my favorite classes in college. I loved reading about the evolution of theology and how different movements, ideas and heresies came about. One of the most interesting patterns I saw is one that continues today in both microscopic (individual churches) and macroscopic (denominational and world-wide) forms: There seems to be […]

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Why do we use the word ‘sin’? Sure, the obvious answer is that it’s in the Bible—at least we translate the Greek archery term that literally means, “to miss the mark,” as the word ‘sin’ in English—but what does it really mean? After hearing a fire and brimstone sermon on the wages of sin, or […]

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