A Layman’s Introduction to Christian Thought

"It is not--it cannot be--a case of either/or."Why have different denominations--all leaning on the Bible--emerged with different emphases? Differing views of sin, of man, of Christ and his work, of the nature and purpose of the church, all seem to be in head-on opposition . . . until the author explains how these opposites are held together in tension. Each of the views is true--but each, by itself, is incomplete.Three basic concepts of sin (Is it rebellion, guilt, bondage--or all three?) lead