To say we are incapable of doing anything good? Our culture doesn't need anything called sin. Everything is simply a lifestyle choice. The idea of guilt is deemed medieval, obsolete and unhealthy. And what wonder? Thou hast insulted His sacred majesty; thou hast bereaved Him of beloved children; thou hast crucified the Son of His… Read more

sin It became central to strands of theology and is called the moral influence theory of atonement. Origen taught that the death of Christ was a ransom paid to Satan in satisfaction of his claim as a result of sin on the souls of humanity. This was opposed by theologians like St. Gregory Nazianzen, who… Read more