11 results for tag: sin
Q&R with Brad Jersak – Sin
Question:
I have just finished reading "Out of the Embers," and you know, I never once thought about sin (at least "sin" as understood in my evangelical context).
Does sin (moral or ethical infraction) mean anything to you anymore? To God?
Response:
Great question! In our modern and post-modern context, the word "sin" often carries a lot of baggage and not nearly enough depth.
For example, in the tradition I was formed in, "sin" generally referred to:
1. The "sin condition" I was born with, inherited from Adam's guilt... we called this "the sin nature" and were taught that when we came to Christ, we would receive a "new nature" or "new ...
CWR Video – Steve McVey – Is God Angry When We Sin?
Short video by Steve McVey about God and sin.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/115937708
7 Deadly Sins: Envy and Laziness
Concluding a 3-part series on the Seven Deadly Sins, Greg deals with envy — our feeling of resentment over someone else’s possessions, and a desire to have them for ourselves, and laziness — the refusal to work hard.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0042.mp3
7 Deadly Sins: Gluttony, Lust and Anger
Continuing a 3-part series on the Seven Deadly Sins, Greg confronts gluttony — obsession with food and drink, lust — unrestrained sexual craving, and anger — the feeling of hostility and wrath we experience when things don’t go our way.
https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0041.mp3
September 2020
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Articles:
The Overlooked and Ignored – pg. 1
Question the Question – pg. 2
God is Love – pg. 5
To Seek and Save that Which is Lost – pg. 6
The Prodigals – pg. 7
Quotes & Connections – pg. 8
August 2020
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Greg Albrecht: Destroyed But Not Defeated– pg. 3
Brad Jersak: Grace Is the Real Offense– pg. 7
Blair Baker: Keep Shining – pg. 10
Jonathan Foster: My Soul Is Like a Chiminea – pg. 11
Brad Jersak: With Hope for All, Why Share Our Faith? -pg. 15
“Go and sin no more”? Brad Jersak
Reading John 8 through Genesis 2-3 and the Prodigal Sons
Throughout Scripture, we see “sin” identified in a variety of ways, including moral failure, law-breaking, poor spiritual hygiene, character flaws, a fatal disease and a sinister slave-driver. And where sin (hamartia) is defined as “missing the mark,” Scripture implies the mark we’re aiming at may be morality, holiness, faith and faithfulness, love of God and each other, or the glory of God. [CLICK HERE for further background on hamartia]
In my blog post, Sin? Missing what mark? I suggested another mark: our love union with God—or RE-union (reconciliation) with God. In ...
“Sin”? Missing What Mark? Brad Jersak
Periodically, I hear sin defined as “missing the mark,” as if this grand discovery will repair our misunderstandings about sin, the gospel or God himself. The imagery of a bulls-eye is recycled with each telling. And fair enough. But truly, nearly everyone accepts this definition, from Southern Baptists to Christian Orthodox, or divergent theologies ranging from the “hyper-grace” camp to hellfire fundamentalists.
Some crucial clarifications are in order if “missing the mark” is to serve a Christ-centered perspective on sin. The first question can’t be, “What is sin?” but rather, “What is the mark?” Christians generally ...
Healing Weary Words: Sin, Repentance and Justification – Brad Jersak
Healing Weary Words: Sin, Repentance and Justification in the Context of the Incarnation
We’re often told “sin” refers to “missing the mark” but then left to assume the mark has to do with moralistic perfection. Rather, the mark, goal or telos of human design and destiny is none other than love union with Trinity, with each other and with our world. To sin (every kind of sin) is to misuse our God-given freedom/energies to turn away from self-giving, other-welcoming love in favor of self-will. As it turns out, our forays into self-centeredness are also self-destructive—a turn from love and life into a wasting disease that would ...
June 2018
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Greg Albrecht: One Nation Under God?– pg. 3
Andreas Knapp: The Last Christians – pg. 6
Michael Peterson: The Matrix: Distinguishing Between Reality and Illusion – pg. 10
J. LeBron McBride: When Words Fail – pg. 12
Nan Kuhlman: Communion in the ER – pg. 14
Greg Albrecht: “I was tempted and I caved in to sin” -pg. 15