In 1984, Van Halen released their sixth album entitled, MCMLXXXIV, with eye-catching cover art featuring an angelic baby . . . casually smoking a cigarette. Such a cover was controversial 26 years ago, inciting the ire of many religious Americans. Despite the controversy, the art itself raises a profound, theological question about the...

Some sins are really inconsequential and not worth talking about. But getting drunk, having sex before marriage, and breaking any of the Ten Commandments: these are definitely sins and we can't let them slide. At least, this is what many Christians (and pastors) believe whether or not they would admit it. We believe some sins are "serious" but...