A Guide to Living With Sin | Why 1st John's Answer to Sin Might Be Wrong

What if everything you were taught about sin was designed to keep you ashamed, not free? In part 2 of our series on 1st John, we dig into a word that shows up 27 times in this short letter: hamartia — sin. The author of 1st John claims believers can rise above sin entirely, a claim that helped split the early church in two. This week we ask what sin actually is, trace 2,000 years of atonement theology from Origen to Anselm to the Reformers, and land on a healthier, more honest way to hold our own imperfection — without losing sight of who we really are: children of God, not sinners first. 🔑 In this message: What "hamartia" (sin) really means in 1st John — and why it shows up 27 times A working definition of sin: sin as evidence of an imperfect world, not an identity A brief history of atonement theology — Origen, Anselm, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, Luther & Calvin Why penal substitutionary atonement isn't as "traditional" as most Christians assume Living with unpreventable suffering, the beauty of darkness, and loving an imperfect world as it is Wherever you are on your faith journey, this message is for anyone wrestling with guilt, shame, or the question of what it really means to be human before God. Paradox Church | Redlands, CA 🌐 paradoxredlands.com 📸 @paradoxredlands #AGuideToLivingWithSin #1John #Hamartia #Atonement #PenalSubstitutionaryAtonement #RichardRohr #ProgressiveChristianity #AffirmingChurch #SinAndGrace #ChildrenOfGod #ChurchHistory #RedlandsChurch #ParadoxChurch #ExvangelicalFaith #FaithAndDoubt