In my years as a Protestant Evangelical Christian, I sometimes taught classes at retreat. I remember in my college years I taught a retreat class on what it meant to be justified by faith alone.  I argued that we are clothed with the righteousness of Christ.  God will not deal with us according to our righteousness, but according to the righteousness of Christ. Christ lived the perfect life for us. We will be rewarded, not according to our deeds, but by the vicarious obedience of Christ.  I t...

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.

1 John 5:16

Not All Sins Are Equal

As a Protestant, this verse was always troubling to me. Protestantism rejects the Catholic view that there are two types of sins – mortal and venial. Protestantism teaches that a sin is a sin. Al...

In my years as a Protestant Evangelical Christian, I sometimes taught classes at retreat. I remember in my college years I taught a retreat class on what it meant to be justified by faith alone.  I argued that we are clothed with the righteousness of Christ.  God will not deal with us according to our righteousness, but according to the righteousness of Christ. Christ lived the perfect life for us. We will be rewarded, not according to our deeds, but by the vicarious obedience of Christ.  I t...

If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.

1 John 5:16

Not All Sins Are Equal

As a Protestant, this verse was always troubling to me. Protestantism rejects the Catholic view that there are two types of sins – mortal and venial. Protestantism teaches that a sin is a sin. Al...