Plantinga – Not the Way it’s Supposed to Be.
“To speak of sin by itself, to speak of it apart from the realities of creation and grace, is to forget the resolve of God. God wants shalom and will pay any price to get it back. Human sin is stubborn, but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half so persistent, not half so ready to suffer to win its way.
Moreover, to speak of sin by itself is to misunderstand its nature: sin is only a parasite, a vandal, a spoiler. Sinful life is a partly depressing, partly ludicrous caricature of genuine human life. To concentrate on our rebellion, defection and folly — to say to the world, ‘I have some bad news and I have some bad news’ — is to forget that the center of the Christian religion is not our sin but our Savior.
To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope of shalom.”
- Cornelius Plantinga, Not the Way It’s Supposed to Be, 199
HT: OFI
I just found your website. I too make my living with computers and also want to know more about our Saviour. This book is one that I read recently. I found it to be a good treatment of sin. It seems that this is a dirty word in many evangelical circles these days, but we must remember what it is we are saved from.