Sin Is a Sickness, Not a Crime | Fr. Evan Armatas

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Sin Is a Sickness, Not a Crime | Fr. Evan Armatas

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The Church is a hospital, not a courtroom. It is a lifesaving station for the world.

Yes, we are sinners. But what does it actually mean to be a sinner?

Our understanding of sin may be one of the most consequential—and misunderstood—questions in Christianity. I believe many people reject Christianity because they have been given a distorted picture of what sin is and what salvation means.

What if sin isn’t primarily a crime to be punished, but a sickness to be healed? What if salvation is less about a transaction and more about transformation?

In this conversation, Fr. Evan Armatas challenges our assumptions about sin, righteousness, confession, and salvation—offering a different way of understanding what it truly means to be a sinner and what it means to become truly human as we were created to be.

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Thank you for joining Commitment to Reality, hosted by Dave Hanegraaff. Follow Commitment to Reality wherever you get your podcasts.Timestamps
0:00 — Fr. Evan Armatas: his story and how he is able to make theology accessible and practical
6:00 — The goal isn’t just right theology; it’s practicing righteousness
11:00 — Have we misunderstood sin? What did the West get wrong?
15:45 — How the debate over faith and works affects spiritual practice
25:15 — What if salvation is a relationship?
29:00 — When we love someone, we glow—almost literally—and what that reveals about salvation
42:15 — Is sin boring?
47:30 — Sin is how we spend our time: how our habits move us toward or away from God
1:03:00 — What is confession, why is it necessary, and why is it different from what many people think?
1:11:15 — The Church is a hospital, not a courtroom
1:18:10 — Have we become Epicureans in our endless pursuit of pleasure?
1:21:50 — Reality is found in relationship

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