The cultural landscape provides us with many challenges that require clear thinking and compassion. A correct understanding of original sin—and its effects—is necessary to distinguish between normal ...

What if the cracks in the earth, the bubbles in water and certain features of trees were connected to a crime committed by ...

You may have heard this term growing up in the church or heard it later if you accepted Jesus as your Savior in adulthood. Or maybe you hadn’t heard the term until now, as it isn’t often spoken much ...

Terms like sin and the soul are both old and familiar to most people of faith. How often, however, do we stop and think about the meaning and significance of these terms? In this paper, I would like ...

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." – Romans 6:23 If you have been around church for any length of time, there is a good possibility you have ...

Some rats won't listen to reason. Just the other day, I met one at the top of a flight of stairs who asked me if the zombie-like creatures crucified below us were any danger to him, and I assured him ...

Most people know the difference between a mortal and a venial sin. But what constitutes a sin of “grave matter”?Thousands of school children across the country will spend this Lent preparing for their ...

Is drinking a sin, or is just drunkenness a sin? Is it only a near occasion of sin? Can having just one drink be a sin for some people but not for others? Steve Ray discusses on Catholic Answers Live.

My religious fundamentalist childhood was built around the fear of sin. My daughters don’t even know the word. By Julia Scheeres We were standing in line for meat pies at the Great Dickens Christmas ...