Isaac is a very wise old bird and we can all benefit from his briefing on the new theology of sin. It has become virtually “conventional wisdom” among our “opinion makers” and, thanks to them, it has insinuated itself into almost every aspect of our lives—education, the media, politics, as well as some of our churches.
The new theology, however, runs contrary to three thousand–plus years of human experience. It is an article of Judeo–Christian belief that God created the heaven and earth and all that therein is, and, consequently, he knows very much more about it than human beings do.
Both devout Jews and Christians understand that it is their duty to do God’s will, and that this means they should do their best to understand Holy Scripture, not “deconstruct” it or otherwise pull it to pieces.
The Bible, moreover, records the terrible things that happened to the children of Israel in ancient times, not to afford their spiritual descendants an opportunity to gloat, but in order to help them to avoid similar pitfalls.
Furthermore, the New Testament teaches that Christ’s Gospel helps his followers to live happy, hopeful, fulfilled lives, and, ultimately, enables them to attain eternal life.
When churches decline to reaffirm the authority and sufficiency of the Scriptures in all matters of faith and morals, they are actually severing their connection with the Christian faith. Unless one makes such an affirmation one cannot call oneself Christian. One might well be a very nice person (as far as human beings go), but one will not, in fact, be a very nice Christian. One will, in fact, be a very nice heathen. GPH✠
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