What’s On God’s Sin List For Today? Understanding Biblical Commands In Today’s World
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Belleville, IL – In this timeless book What’s on God’s Sin List for Today (Wipf & Stock Publishing), author Tom Hobson digs deep into scripture in order to answer the question that plagues many Christians today: Which of the Biblical commands are still for today?
Christians get confused about exactly what to do with the commands in the Bible. Do we need to give up pork and shellfish? Is it a sin to eat road-kill or to eat blood sausage? Is it a sin to wear mixed fabric? Is cross-dressing a crime? What about tattoos? What do we do with that command not to boil a kid in its mother’s milk?
And if none of these commands are for Christians today, then which Bible commands are for today?
This book is designed to help you find solid answers to the question, “Which parts of the Bible’s teaching are timeless and universal, and which parts are only for the people to whom the Bible was first written?” We will examine the laws in the Old Testament and the New Testament sin lists, and how they speak to issues such as sex, alcohol and drugs, obscene language and gambling as they existed in the first-century world, as we seek to discover what’s on God’s sin list for us today.
This is a thorough biblical study of sin in the Old and New Testament in their respective historical contexts with an evaluation of their ancient meanings as well as their current relevance today. It is not intended for legalists, or antinomians, but for those who want to deepen their understanding of the conflict between Judeo-Christian ethical norms and pagan practices. To his credit, and at the risk of being politically incorrect, the author corrects the view that we live in a culture that regards the ancient past as if it never knew the ethical issues we face today. That is, of course, wrong and a blatant form of historical revisionism.
Tom Hobson has been a pastor in the Presbyterian Church since 1983. He is currently Chair of the Biblical Studies Department at Morthland College, West Frankfort, Illinois. What’s on God’s Sin List for Today? is his third published book. Tom resides in Belleville, Illinois.
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What’s on God’s Sin List for Today?
By Tom Hobson
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers (April 1, 2011)
ISBN-10: 1610972791
ISBN-13: 978-1610972796
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