Because we are human and do things that we shouldn't do we are considered sinful. That's why the Bible refers to humans, in their natural state as "sinners". God gave us free will in order for us to ...

In case you hadn’t noticed, the Bible is rife with descriptions of sinful attitudes informing us who we should or should not ...

1 John 5:17 (RSV) explicitly differentiates a mortal sin from a less serious one: “All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which is not mortal” (KJV: “not unto death”). Denying this would be ...

We all have a vice or bad habit of some sort that trips us up from time to time. Yours might be eating too much chocolate when stressed out, binge-watching television for an entire day in bed, or ...

America recently launched a national marketing campaign called #OwnYourFaith. This article is part of a series of essays tackling the questions many Catholics are asking about the church and the world ...

These are the words of an exposed adulterer, a caught conspirator to murder, a shamed king. A poetic lament from a broken father who had just held his infant son as he died and now held blame. A ...

There are some pretty atrocious sins out there, but, without exception, they're all forgivable. Christians ultimately believe that no sin is beyond God's forgiveness and, by recognizing our utter ...

Las Vegas may be known as “Sin City.” But when it comes to transgressions per capita, parts of the Bible Belt may burn much hotter, suggests a recent study by Kansas State University geographers. The ...

Q: What is the unforgivable sin? -- B., via e-mail A: There are many sins recounted in the Hebrew Bible but none are ever called unforgivable sins. Sometimes the punishment for sinning is death, but ...

Scholars are cautious about the story of the woman caught in adultery. When Dallas Theological Seminary professor Daniel Wallace examined New Testament manuscripts stored in the National Archive in ...