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Is Christianity an “evolving” faith? Let me admit from the start that I am not fond of the term “progressive.” Not in politics and certainly not in religion. Does “progressive” mean the same to you as it means to me? I doubt it. I will say, also from the start, that hijacking that term for political and religious use was a shrewd move. It kind of gives the feel that if you aren’t “progressive,” you are kind of a “stick in…

The mistake of viewing sin as a “mistake” Sin is an uncomfortable word. So uncomfortable it is rarely used anymore. Practically abandoned. It’s even rarely used in churches. Christ-followers don’t like the reminders the word sin brings and non-Christians don’t really comprehend the meaning of the word. Most dictionary definitions sum up sin in this way: “an offense against religious or moral law; a transgression of divine law; an action that is felt to be highly reprehensible.” From this you can…

Say what? There is no getting around the fact that temptation and sin are pernicious and tricky. They lure us with their appealing promises and howl with laughter after we have succumbed to their offering. Even in the lives of believers, serious followers of Christ, there is still that remainder in our flesh that can create an overpowering desire for things that will be our eventual undoing. Sin possesses the