The Church is a hospital, not a courtroom. It is a lifesaving station for the world.
Yes, we are sinners. But what does it actually mean to be a sinner?
Our understanding of sin may be one of the most consequential—and misunderstood—questions in Christianity. I believe many people reject Christianity because they have been given a distorted picture of what sin is and what salvation means.
What if sin isn’t primarily a crime to be punished, but a sickness to be healed? What if salvation is less about a transaction and more about transformation?
In this conversation, Fr. Evan Armatas challenges our assumptions about sin, righteousness, confession, and salvation—offering a different way of understanding what it truly means to be a sinner and what it means to become truly human as we were created to be.
For more information on receiving resources written by Fr. Armatas for your partnering gift, please see Reclaiming the Great Commission: A Roadmap to Parish Health and Toolkit for Spiritual Growth: A Practical Guide to Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving.
Thank you for joining Commitment to Reality, hosted by Dave Hanegraaff. Follow Commitment to Reality wherever you get your podcasts.
Timestamps
0:00 — Fr. Evan Armatas: his story and how he is able to make theology accessible and practical
6:00 — The goal isn’t just right theology; it’s practicing righteousness
11:00 — Have we misunderstood sin? What did the West get wrong?
15:45 — How the debate over faith and works affects spiritual practice
25:15 — What if salvation is a relationship?
29:00 — When we love someone, we glow—almost literally—and what that reveals about salvation
42:15 — Is sin boring?
47:30 — Sin is how we spend our time: how our habits move us toward or away from God
1:03:00 — What is confession, why is it necessary, and why is it different from what many people think?
1:11:15 — The Church is a hospital, not a courtroom
1:18:10 — Have we become Epicureans in our endless pursuit of pleasure?
1:21:50 — Reality is found in relationship
We are living through one of the most disorienting periods in human history—leaving many to wonder: What is reality? As artificial intelligence accelerates and institutional trust erodes, our shared sense of what is real continues to crumble.
A commitment to reality is a dedication to discerning what is true and developing the discipline to live in alignment with that truth—with reality. This podcast is an apologetic for reality—each episode serving as an intentional act of grounding our existence together as we commit to what is beautiful, good, and true.
Subscribe to A Commitment to Reality on YouTube for the full episodes + clips, and follow wherever you get podcasts.
We are currently available at the following other podcast platforms with more being added daily! You can help spread the word about this new podcast by giving us a rating and review from the other channels we are listed on and telling others!
