A Right Conception of Sin

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Summary: Well written - but go elsewhere
Review: This book is essentially an argument against Calvinism. If you like the idea of re-visiting well worn theological arguments, read on. If you desire to better understand and to overcome your sin, you would do better reading John Owen's "Sin and Temptation" (ISBN: 1556618301) Taylor obviously has a high view of right living, or a life that is righteous. And this is commendable. But for a person who is STRUGGLING with sin, the answer is not to work harder at being good; that person needs grace. (The biblical book of Galatians would be helpful, read along with Martin Luther's commentary on Galatians.) In seeking a "right conception" of sin, Taylor would have done better to do some biblical thinking rather than just "right thinking" which (in the case of this book) turns out to be just "wishful thinking." By the way, it is clear that Taylor doesn't really understand Calvinism. I hope that it's not that he wilfully misrepresents it; rather, I think that he seeks to understand it based on his own preconcieved views and describes it based upon human reason (and also largely upon his view of human experience). In some ways you can't help but reach his conclusions when you build the arguments the way he does. The problem is that Christian theology should be biblical, not based upon the faulty observations of human experience and the shifting sand of human logic. Some of what he says might "feel right" but it doesn't stand up to biblical scrutiny at all. As soon as he claims that "right thinking" rather than "biblical thinking" is the way to a right conception of sin, he starts with a wrong premise, and slowly, step by step, veers way into misunderstanding and misconception.

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Summary: Most Helpful Resource
Review: This book is the definitive resource for understanding and communicating the Arminian viewpoint. Although it is scholarly, it is not beyond the reach of the average Bible student.

I could not recommend it more highly.

Rating:
Summary: Most Helpful Resource
Review: This book is the definitive resource for understanding and communicating the Arminian viewpoint. Although it is scholarly, it is not beyond the reach of the average Bible student.

I could not recommend it more highly.