Much of the disagreement about sin comes down to a lack of precision. People often talk past one another because they mean different things ...

What theologians often call original sin — sometimes described as inbred sin — is the inner condition of the heart from which sinful actions...

When the Bible talks about “perfection” in relation to human beings, it doesn’t mean just one thing. In fact, much of the confusion around t...

[The Atonement] affords a basis for the salvation of such pious pagans as live up to their best light. 'They are saved through Christ t...

Guest blog by Amos Binney (1802-1878): Even as a literary composition, the sacred Scriptures form the most remarkable book the world ha...

Guest blog by Daniel D. Whedon (1808-1885): Where God performs directly the work of justification and of regeneration, is it not to be e...

QUESTION: What do you regard as the strongest Scriptural proof that a person who has been truly converted may be finally and eternally lost?...

QUESTION: A neighbor denies "the immortality of the soul," saying that there is no such a phrase in the Bible; that after death th...

QUESTION: Must we not use Scriptural terms in order to enter into any desired state of grace? ANSWER: God can save a person grossly ignora...

QUESTION: In what sense are regenerated persons partakers of the Divine nature? ANSWER: This is another figure for denoting a moral likene...