What's on God's Sin List for Today? - Softcover

Hobson, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610972791 ISBN 13: 9781610972796

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2011

Synopsis

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 roadkill 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.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Hobson is retired from more than forty years as a Presbyterian minister, four years as professor of Biblical studies and languages at Morthland College, and two years of the radio program "Biblical Words and World" on KUTR-AM, Salt Lake City. He holds degrees from Gordon-Conwell (M.Div.) and Concordia Seminary St. Louis (Ph.D.). His publications (found at www.biblicalethic.org) include What's on God's Sin List for Today? and The Historical Jesus and the Historical Joseph Smith.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610972791
• ISBN 13: 9781610972796
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114