The Biology of Sin
Grace, Hope, and Healing for Those Who Feel Trapped
Matthew S. Stanford
- There
- are
- heated
- discussions
- happening
- on
- the
- conflict
- between
- science
- and
- faith.
- This
- disagreement
- tends
- to
- focus
- around
- three
- main
- issues,
- one
- of
- them
- being
- what
- causes
- our
- sinful
- behavior.
- The
- intense
- conflict
- has
- to
- do
- with
- biblically
- defined
- sinful
- behaviors
- and
- if
- there
- just
- might
- be
- a
- biological
- predisposition
- for
- these
- behaviors.
- The
- Biology
- of
- Sin
- speaks
- to
- this
- debate
- and
- hopefully
- brings
- some
- resolution
- to
- the
- conflict.As
- both
- a
- Christian
- and
- a
- neuroscientist,
- Dr.
- Stanford
- has
- seen
- scientific
- knowledge
- distorted
- to
- justify
- sinful
- behavior
- and
- perhaps
- more
- disturbingly,
- he
- has
- seen
- Christians
- misuse
- Scripture
- to
- demonize
- and
- alienate
- the
- very
- ones
- they
- should
- be
- reaching
- out
- to.
- He
- suggests
- that
- the
- underlying
- cause
- of
- this
- problem
- in
- the
- church
- is
- a
- lack
- of
- knowledge,
- both
- of
- basic
- brain
- function
- and
- scriptural
- teaching.
- The
- Biology
- of
- Sin
- discusses
- sinful
- behaviors,
- including
- adultery,
- rage,
- addiction,
- and
- homosexuality,
- asking
- of
- each:
- What
- does
- science
- say,
- and
- what
- does
- the
- Bible
- say
- about
- this
- behavior?
- He
- then
- attempts
- to
- reconcile
- the
- fact
- that
- biological
- predispositions
- do
- play
- a
- role
- in
- behavior
- which
- the
- Bible
- defines
- as
- sinful
- while
- always
- emphasizing
- the
- authority
- of
- God's
- Holy
- Word
- and
- the
- abundant
- grace
- he
- has
- for
- those
- struggling
- with
- habitual sin.
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