Sin is Ethical not Metaphysical
I first heard this phrase used by an open theist that I am acquainted with (Jesse Morrell). I did not understand what he meant by it.
This is interesting to note since this phrase, I believe, was coined by Cornelius Van Til, a premier Calvinist philosopher and theologian and Professor of Apologetics at Princeton Theological Seminary then Westminster Theological Seminary.
As I was listening to an Apologetics course taught by John Frame (you can download it for free) I heard him use this phrase. I looked it up online and found that Frame cites Van Til.
On another site I found that Frame attributed this phrase as a paraphrase of Herman Bavinck (”…the source is Bavinck…”), another Calvinist theologian/philosopher. I believe that I have discovered the volume in which Bavinck expounds this; his Reformed Dogmatics: Volume 3 Sin and Salvation in Christ.
Tags: Cornelius Van Til, Ethics, Herman Bavinck, John Frame, Metaphysics, Sin