ARTICLES
5 Reasons Why Sin Is a “Big Deal” from Genesis 3
“Sin” is an uncomfortable word. It reeks of condemnation, judgmentalism. We don’t like to hear it; we feel a bit embarrassed saying it. What is sin, this thing that makes us so uneasy?
Did Authoritative Male Headship Exist in the Garden of Eden Before the Fall?
Increasingly, some Christians are claiming that no authority structure existed in Adam and Eve’s relationship in the garden of Eden prior to their fall into sin. Is this true?
6 Reasons Why Adam and Eve’s Eating of the Forbidden Fruit Was a Terrible Transgression Against God
Did God overreact to Adam and Eve’s sin in the garden of Eden? The punishment might seem not to fit the offense: a cursed world and humanity estranged from God—all for eating some forbidden fruit. Why was Adam and Eve’s disobedience such a terrible transgression against God?
How Do People Try to Cover Up Their Sins with Fig Leaves Like Adam and Eve Did?
Adam and Eve thought fig leaves would protect them from God’s righteous judgment of their disobedience. How do we try to cover up our sin with our own fig leaves to justify ourselves before God?
The Futility of Striving to Escape the Fall
In so many ways we are all striving to escape the Fall. Healthy eating, exercise, financial programs, homeschooling, alternative medicine, the list goes on. While these things may be good in themselves, why are they a bad savior?
Two Gardens, Two Adams, and the Forgiveness of Your Sins
The garden of Eden and the first Adam. The garden of Gethsemane and the second Adam. How are these two gardens and two Adams connected to the forgiveness of your sins?
Counting Our Blessings: A Prayer about the Fall of Man
“By this sin [Adam and Eve] fell from their original righteousness and communion with God” (WCF 6.2). Here is a prayer to help you meditate upon how God uses even the fall of man for his glory.