Sin
Sin, temptation, and the pattern of redemption in Scripture.
Comics in these studies
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Idolatry · Idolatry
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Flee, and Glorify God in Your Body · Sin and Sexual Immorality
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Why We Need Saving · Why We Need Saving
The studies
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Idolatry
Idolatry is giving a created thing the trust and service that belong to God. The made god is nothing, but worship offered to it goes to demons. Paul names greed as idolatry in the church, and pride is the self-sufficiency that opens the door to both. God answers with a jealous love and the call back to His Son Jesus Christ, the true God.
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Pride
Pride is self-sufficiency: living as though you need no one above you, and at its root wanting God's place. It comes out of the heart, it deceives the one who has it, and God sets Himself against it. The way down is to humble yourself and boast in the cross of Jesus.
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Sin and Sexual Immorality
What Scripture calls sexual immorality and why it is sin: an exegetical study of 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, where Paul grounds purity in a body the Lord bought, indwells, joins to Himself and will raise.
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Sin and Sorcery
Why Scripture forbids sorcery: an exegetical study of Deuteronomy 18:9-22, where the fullest list of occult practices in the Bible sits immediately before the promise of the Prophet God would raise up.
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Why We Need Saving
God is good, and He gave His commands for your good. Sin is turning from His way to your own, believing the lie that His good is evil and your way is better. Since Adam everyone has done it, so sin separates you from God, enslaves you and earns you death. That is why God sent His Son Jesus to die for you while you were still a sinner.