It is impossible to deduce what God truly wants simply by observing the ways of the world. Our service of God can only be ...

Islam lacks a doctrine of original sin, but that does not mean that Muslims do not take human sin seriously. In the Quran, God constantly points out humanity’s tendency toward corruption, ...

YES, sin caused initial suffering, but NO, not all suffering is caused by sin. The Bible teaches that suffering is a result of human sin and the fall of humanity.

Yet even as most Christians believe that the reason God became human is sin, this is hardly a theme in Christmas cards. And most secular and religious Christmas songs tend to be lovely, ...

There he famously portrays infants as plagued by original sin on account of their crying fits and tantrums. Augustine (354-430) considered this proof that every human being is a reprobate before ...