All sin articles
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ArticlePhilip Yancey’s affair raises a difficult question: Should a fallen Christian leader’s work still be trusted?
After Philip Yancey admitted to an eight-year adulterous affair, many Christians are wrestling with what to do with the writings of a compromised leader. Erik Strandness argues that while hypocrisy must be confronted, truth does not become false simply because it passed through sinful hands.
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ShowsThe big picture: Fall
What is the uniquely Christian approach to the nature of evil in our world, and how does it stand in sharp contrast to our secular society’s presumptions? Are people really fundamentally just good or all bad, and what are the shortcomings of that reductionist approach? And how does the Christian story about evil lead us to be both more pessimistic and more optimistic than the world is about humanity?
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ArticleThe Coldplay Kisscam Scandal: The Click That Cost More Than I Thought
Yes, I clicked on it. That headline - arguably the most irresistible pop story of 2025 - practically forced my thumb to press down. It was on the BBC, after all.
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ArticleRepeated failing a polygraph test led a physics academic to God
In this discussion on whether there is conflict between religion and science, both parties are most interested in moral debates
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Shows#230 I can’t shake my sinful addiction (Classic)
Tom answers personal question from listeners about how to develop spiritual disciplines, escaping the cycle of besetting sin, and how to respond to homeless people with substance addiction and mental health problems.
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ArticleDoes believing that all will be saved ignore the fundamental reality of sin?
Apologist Erik Strandness ponders on an important topic that can be ignored in the debate over ‘universalism’ – what we are to be saved from - the reality of sin and Jesus’s central role in its defeat
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ArticleMental health crisis: Résumé or eulogy
Neonatal consultant Erik Strandness reflects on whether focussing too much on “padding out our CVs” has contributed to the rising levels of mental health struggles
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ArticleHas religion ‘led us into all kinds of horror’ as actor Brian Cox argues?
Neonatal consultant Erik Strandness examines some of the comments Scottish actor Brian Cox recently made about God, the Bible and Christianity
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ArticleMe and my shadow: how should we respond to our inner darkness?
With dark stories dominating our news cycles, Erik Strandness explores what our response should be to the darkness inside us
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ShowsMatters of Life & Death: The Fall: Bad actor theory, a malevolent voice in the Garden, Total Depravity and Original Sin, and the ‘Christian heresy’ of liberal humanism
Creation. Fall. Redemption. New Creation. This is the grand narrative of scripture and the theological foundation we use to try to probe into the ethical challenges thrown up by advances in science and technology.
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #127 Perelandra: Evil, suffering and sin
Alister McGrath continues to discuss Perelandra, looking particularly at the topics of evil, suffering, sin, demon possession and divine justice. How can God allow suffering? What can be done to redeem evil?
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #126 Perelandra: Free will, desire and the Fall
Alister McGrath unpacks some of the theology within the second book of the Space Trilogy. What was Lewis’ understanding of the Fall? What if the Fall hadn’t happened? How does he explore the concepts of free will, desire, good, love, truth and demon possession in Perelandra?
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ShowsThe CS Lewis Podcast #123 Out of the Silent Planet: Death, suffering and The Fall
In the final episode on Out of the Silent Planet, Alister McGrath explores Lewis’ depiction of humanity, death, evolution and suffering. He also discusses the framework Lewis provides to help us reflect on these big questions.
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ArticleWhat is Buddhism and how does it differ from Christianity?
Apologist Joel Furches explores the central beliefs of this popular Eastern religion, and compares it to Hinduism and Christianity
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ArticleWhat is Islam and how does it differ from Christianity?
Apologist Joel Furches highlights the core beliefs of the fastest growing religion in the world and compares it to the two other Abrahamic faiths
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ArticleWhy did Jesus have to die for me?
Dr Andy Bannister, director of the Solas Centre for Public Christianity, explores why he believes Jesus’ death on the cross was necessary
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ArticleWhat actually happened on the cross? Exploring atonement theories
Writer Steve Schramm unpacks various atonement theories, looking at their historical and biblical origins
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ShowsAsk NT Wright Anything #128 Why did God make childbirth difficult? More questions about Eden and the Fall
Were Adam and Eve’s pre-fall bodies like the resurrected Jesus? Was marriage a post-fall accomodation? Why does Genesis say God made childbirth more difficult after the fall? NT Wright answers more questions on the Garden of Eden and the Creation story.
