This is the 14th week of a teachings series I began in 2024 for the young adults ministry of our church: Kingdom Young Adults. 

This week we discussed one of the most central doctrines of Christianity: Sin. 
Sin is Christianity's answer to what is wrong with the world. Modern psychology, sociology, and history all have answers they bring to bear upon life's greatest and most complicated questions. But Christianity does not look outside first, it looks within. It diagnoses the issue in a way uncomfortable and incompatible with most other fields. It addresses the innate sickness of the human heart and reveals the need for healing. Luckily for Christianity, this cancer of the heart, which turns all things inward upon itself, has a 100% curative record, if only accepted freely.

We began this teaching series entitled "The Kingdom Code" after a sense that what was missing in the young adult Christian landscape of modern American Christianity and specifically our own, was not so much the desire for Spirit-filled awakening and experience, but a deep abiding knowledge of the core foundational doctrines of our faith and a respectful attitude towards learning the tradition that came before us.

So "The Kingdom Code" is just that: 25 weeks of the core doctrinal beliefs that have carried the church since its inception. We'll be talking about doctrine, creation, scripture, salvation, sin, hell and eternity, and we'll talk about it together. 

We can't wait to hear what you think, so please connect on social media at @swteachingpod or if you'd like to listen to this on it's home podcast, check out @kingdom_youngadultsnj or our Kingdom Young Adults podcast, here on Spotify.

Be blessed, and we pray that this teaching helps you Encounter Jesus and Counter the Culture.