The Christian Story – IV. What Sin Deserves

Because of sin, all mankind are children of wrath (Ephesians 2:3). This means they come under God’s condemnation for what they’ve done. Romans 2:6 says that God “will render to each one according to his works.” This means that every person will be judged according to what they’ve done. “For those [people] who are self-seeking [...]

The Christian Story – III. Sin

(continued from part II. – The Fall)
But sin didn’t stay as a simple breaking of a rule. It spread throughout the whole of man, and became a part of who he was. He didn’t just commit a sin; he was now a sinner, by nature and not just action. After this event in the garden [...]

The Christian Story – II. The Fall

The book of Genesis explains the creation of man, that he is special among all created things, being made in God’s image, in his likeness (Genesis 1:26). Everything else that was created was created by God speaking, but man it says, was “formed” (Genesis 2:7). He was created, as we already saw, to know God [...]

The Christian Story – I. Creation

Christianity is the only religion in the world that is about a person. Religions the world over have moral codes, doctrines about man, perspectives on what good and evil are, and speculation as to what the afterlife will be like. But Christianity is different, unique among them all. Christianity is a teaching about something that [...]

The Christian Story – introductory

As part of the Apprentice program at my church, I was given the assignment of writing a gospel tract for us to use in our church. The intention is to have something on-hand, produced in-house, that can be useful both for non-believers who are totally unfamiliar with the gospel, and edifying for Christians who could [...]