Approaching Our Sin Biblically Rather than Therapeutically
As Romans 7 reminds us, even believers like the apostle Paul continue to struggle with sin in this life. Progress in holiness is really possible by God’s wonderful grace (see prior post on that issue here), but we will never be fully rid of sin while still in this life. So, the question then becomes: How do I diagnose and respond to the sin patterns in my life? Well, there are two basic answers to that in our world: a therapeutic answer and a biblical answer.
The therapeutic answer is that (a) the cause of your problems is outside yourself (your upbringing, your parents, society), and (b) the solution … Continue reading...