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Without a proper understanding of sin, there can never be a proper understanding of the gospel. Sin is opposed both to God’s will and to nature, leaving us in need of God’s grace and redemption. This comprehensive exploration of the doctrine of sin looks at what the Bible teaches about sin’s origin, nature, and consequences, engaging with historical and contemporary movements. Dealing with...

to all humanity, but the guilt for Adam’s sin “attaches to Adam himself, not to us.”43 This is often understood to be the view of the Orthodox Church. Timothy Ware notes that “[m]ost Orthodox theologians reject the idea of ‘original guilt.’ … Humans (Orthodox usually teach) automatically inherit Adam’s corruption and mortality, but not his guilt: they are only guilty in so far as by their own free choice they imitate Adam.”44 The corruption-only view is present in Protestantism as well. Within the
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