I want to know what you're thinking.

Tell me what's on your mind.

Bill, I was recently asked whether I ever have the opportunity to ask you some questions.

After more than a decade of co-hosting and producing the Reasonable Faith podcast, I'm blessed

to be in touch with so many great resources.

And I'll consult a Defender's class or a question of the week or whatever of your books

when I have a question on my mind.

But someone's asking me that has me thinking about what questions I'm currently ruminating on.

And I've narrowed it down to about four here, just for brevity's sake.

Most of the time, Bill, when I have a lunch with you or

something I'm asking you more pastoral questions simply because we cover so much of this

this on the podcast believe me I have a lot more than these four questions but if it's okay

with you I'll throw out a few for discussion. Very good. All right. The first question deals with the need for forgiveness

in the life of a Christian. I've been taught that in the atonement, all of our sins, past, present,

and future are paid for at the cross. Yet, First John, seemingly written to Christians, says,

if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all

unrighteousness. So clarify for me, if you would, is there an aspect of the atonement

that covers our sins, past, present, and future, but another aspect in which we

continue to take our sins to God for his forgiveness. I've thought about this question, too, Kevin,

because I had been taught as a young Christian that at the cross, all of our sins were forgiven, past, present, and future.

And as a result of my work on the atonement, I've come to believe that that's false, in fact.

The reason is that people in the future don't exist in any sense, and therefore they cannot have committed sins,

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