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Sin, the Savior, and Salvation: The Theology of Everlasting Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

With scholarship that is thorough yet accessible and a tone that is convincing but non-combative, Dr. Lightner explores the current confusion over such issues as: • the vanishing concept of personal sin in our secularized society • the influence of New Age ideas on the deity of Jesus Christ • the controversy over “Lordship salvation” among evangelicals

is from the meanings of these that we arrive at our definition of sin. Taken together, these terms stress the dynamic nature of sin. Sin is not only a failure to measure up to the divine standard, sin is primarily disobedience to God. It has a dynamic side. Sin is far more than missing the right mark. It is hitting the wrong mark! Or to put it another way, sin involves more than the passive omission of what is good and right. It is a positive commission of what is bad and ought not be done. Based
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