Spinning Sin () - May 27, 2011
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Mike Abendroth Mike’s passion is preaching the Bible in a verse-by-verse fashion and training other men to do the same. He graduated from The Master’s Seminary in 1996 (M. Div.), received his doctorate in Expository Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in May 2006 (D. Min.), and is an adjunct professor at EBTC (European Bible Training Center) and The Master’s Seminary (Doctoral Mentor). Pastor Mike is also the author of Jesus Christ: The Prince of Preachers (DayOne, 2007), The Sovereignty and Supremacy of King Jesus (DayOne, 2011), Things that Go Bump in the Church (Harvest House, 2014), Discovering Romans (Zondervan, 2014), Sexual Fidelity (NoCo Media, 2015) and Evangelical White Lies (NoCo Media, 2016). He is overwhelmed at God’s grace in his salvation and for his family (Kim, Hayley, Luke, Maddie and Grace). Mike has been the Senior Pastor at Bethlehem Bible Church (BBC) in West Boylston, MA since April 1997. When not enjoying his family, Mike is often seen on this.
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Spin has slipped into the church everywhere as to trying to not offend anyone. The theological backbone of sin has been lost in the spinning of sin. But, we have a greater Savior than our sin! We don't do ourselves any favors if we minimize the doctrine of sin.
Is "sin" a politically incorrect word? No, we need to recover the doctrine of sin, understanding God's standard, His Holiness.
"Sin is an actual fact." - John Stott
"Sin is cosmic treason" - R.C. Sproul
Without understanding sin, how do we know what we need to be saved from? Or why we need a Savior?
If you have a moralistic, theistic preaching, where sin is not preached, there is no need for the gospel.
All unbelievers are slaves to sin, and not the so-called modern evangelical definition of "sin"; lack of self-esteem. If you don't realize you are sinner, and you don't realize you have a disease called sin, you will never realize your need of a cure, a Savior, Jesus Christ.
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