Sin

The squeeze is on. Demand for government to decrease it’s reliance on sales, property, and income taxes as sources of revenue is continuing to rise, leaving policy makers scrambling for new, less painful sources of revenue. Also going up are the costs of providing public services, entitlement programs, and conducting the other various functions of…

It is not surprising for an author’s background and surroundings to profoundly affect his writing. Having come from a Methodist lineage and living at a time when the church was still an influential facet in people’s daily lives, Stephen Crane was deeply instilled with religious dogmas. However, fear of retribution soon turned to cynicism and…

In order to completely understand the theology of grace, one must examine the perspectives of Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Rahner, Segundo, and Boff. Each of these theologians had their own theories on grace, some of which were valid and others invalid. Augustine believed in the massa damnata, which suggests that people are generally damned. He also…

Verse: (Lev. 10:1) And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron took either of them his censer, and put fire therin, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not. (King James)The Sin of Nadab & Abihu: An Exegesis There is no clear consensus as to what sin…