Sin

Though popularly conceived of as 'wicked acts,' sin, from a biblical perspective, is any act that refuses or fails to take God seriously in what He has said, whether this is as a "falling short" or a "transgression" (i.e., going beyond) of His will and commands. Ultimately sin is a denial of God's sovereignty, to acknowledge mentally and to act accordingly the fact that God is God.

Further Reading :

Ted Peters, Sin. Radical Evil in Soul and Society (Grand Rapids" Eerdmans, 1994).

Peter Van Inwagen, ed., Christian Faith and the Problem of Evil (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004).

Cornelius Plantinga, Not the Way It's Suppose to Be. A Breviary of Sin (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996).

Marguerite Shuster, The Fall and Sin. What We Have Become as Sinners. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).

Resources :

Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, Fallen. A Theology of Sin (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2013). Pdf N

J. C. Ryle, Holiness. Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots. Chapter 1 (pp.2-17). Alberith Edition. (The book is now in the public domain.) Open the Book Pdf N

Joel R. Beeke, "Puritans Living in Relationship to Affliction, Desertion, and Sin," Reformation & Revival 5:2 (Spring 1996): 101-116. Pdf N

David Brattston, "The Forgiveness of Post-Baptismal Sin in Ancient Christianity," Churchman 105.4 (Winter 1991): 332-349. Pdf N

Gerald L. Bray, "Original Sin In Patristic Thought," Churchman 108.1 (Spring 1994): 37-47. Pdf N

Gerald Bray, "Dead to Sin and Alive to Christ (Romans 6: 1-23)," Evangel 18.3 (Autumn 2000): 72-76. Pdf N

Gerald Bray, "Sin and the Law (Romans 7: 1-25)," Evangel 19.2 (Summer 2001): 33-37. Pdf N

Robbie Castleman, "The Last Word: The Soothing Sin of Self-Esteem," Themelios 30.2 (Spring 2005): 52-53. Pdf N

David M. Clemens, "The Law of Sin and Death: Ecclesiastes and Genesis 1-3," Themelios 19.3 (May 1994): 5-8.

R. Bruce Pdf N Compton, "Water Baptism and the Forgiveness of Sins in Acts 2:38," Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 4 (Fall 1999): 3-32. Pdf N

James Danaher, "The Sermon on the Mount and the Concept of Sin," Evangel 20.2 (Summer 2002): 38-42. Pdf N

Martin Davie, "Dead to sin and alive to God," Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 19.2 (Autumn 2001): 158-194. Pdf N

Eric Gilchrest, "For the wages of sin is... banishment: An unexplored substitutionary motif in Leviticus 16 and the ritual of the scapegoat," Evangelical Quarterly 85.1 (Jan. 2013): 36-51.

Terry Griffith, "A Non-Polemical Reading of 1 John: Sin, Christology and the Limits of Johannine Christianity," Tyndale Bulletin 49.2 (1998): 253-276. Pdf N

Paul A. Himes, "When A Christian Sins: 1 Corinthians 10:13 and the Power of Contrary Choice in Relation to the Compatibilist-Libertarian Debate," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 54.2 (June 2011): 329-344. Pdf N

☰John Kearney, "Jonathan Edwards' Account of Adam's First Sin," Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology 15.2 (Autumn 1997): 127-141. Pdf N

Fred Leahy, "Exegesis 2: The Man of Sin," Foundations 16 (Spring 1986): 15-23. Pdf N

Bruce A. Milne, "The Idea of Sin in Twentieth-Century Theology," Tyndale Bulletin 26 (1975): 3-33. Pdf N

Leon Morris, The Wages of Sin: An Examination of the New Testament Teaching on Death. London: The Tyndale Press, 1955. Pdf N

Michael Paget, "Christology and Original Sin: Charles Hodge and Edward Irving Compared," Churchman 121.3 (Autumn 2007): 229-248. Pdf N

David Parker, "Original Sin: A Study in Evangelical Theory," The Evangelical Quarterly 61:1 (Jan-Mar. 1989): 51-69. Pdf N

David Phillips, "Contemporary Challenges to the Doctrine of Sin," Churchman 123.2 (Summer 2009): 105-120. Pdf N

Stanley E. Porter, "The Pauline Concept of Original Sin, in Light of Rabbinic Background," Tyndale Bulletin 41.1 (1990): 3-30. Pdf N

Mark Rapinchuk, "Universal Sin and Salvation in Romans 5:12-21," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 42.3 (Sept. 1999): 427-441. Pdf N

Karl Olav Sandnes, "The Death of Jesus for Human Sins: the Historical Basis for a Theological Concept," Themelios 20.1 (October 1994): 20-23. Pdf N

Gary L. Shulz, Jr., "Why a genuine universal gospel call requires an atonement that paid for the sins of all people," Evangelical Quarterly 82.2 (April 2010): 111-123. Pdf N

Alan M. Stibbs, "Exposition: How Sinners Are Put Right with God," Themelios 4.1 (1967): 3-7. Pdf N

Samuel Storms, "Is Imputation Unjust? Jonathan Edwards on the Problem of Original Sin," Reformation & Revival 12.3 (Summer 2003): 61-69. Pdf N

Chris Alex Vlachos, "Law, sin, and death: an edenic triad? an examination with reference to 1 Corinthians 15:56," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47.2 (June 2004): 277-298. Pdf N

Tim Ward, "Sin 'Not Unto Death' and Sin 'Unto Death' in 1 John 5-16," Churchman 109.3 (Autumn 1995): 226-237. Pdf N

Gordon J. Wenham, "Original Sin in Genesis 1-11," Churchman 104.4 (Winter 1990): 309-328. Pdf N