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Keith D. Stanglin If you haven't already subscribed to the Journal of Christian Studies, make sure you do today so you won't miss V/2, which is shipping this week! The theme of this issue is "Sin, Confession, and Repentance." Following is an excerpt from Keith Stanglin's article, "Are All Sins Equal?" See our previous post for the editor's note and table of contents. Are All Sins Equal? Keith D. Stanglin Center for Christian Studies Introduction In an age that calls e

The Journal of Christian Studies volume 5, issue 2 will be shipping soon! The theme of this issue is "Sin, Confession, and Repentance," and in this issue we invited reflections on the theology of sin, including also confession of sin and repentance. Below is Keith's Editor's Note and the articles in JCS V/2. Subscribe today to make sure you receive this issue! As a reminder, a subscription to JCS, both digital only and digital + print, receive access to the entire catalog of

by Keith D. Stanglin Ivan Kramskoi, Christ in the Wilderness Over twenty years ago, a former Roman Catholic, who was new a member of the Church of Christ where I once served as a minister, expressed to me his appreciation for our church’s respect for Scripture and for the simplicity of the worship assembly. But I remember one Sunday, while speaking with him in the building’s foyer, he asked me about something that truly puzzled him. He wanted to know why we didn’t say the L