Al Mohler has a quote in his mind-bending anti-student-debt-forgiveness diatribe (not gonna drive clicks) which reads, “Understanding a biblical conception of justice, a debt voluntarily and justly entered into remains a debt that demands to be paid.” 1/6 #StudentDebt 
My dude, that is the overwhelming majority of what Evangelicalism defines as sins - acts voluntarily and justly entered into. Penal Substitutionary Atonement (Mohler’s fave flavor, not mine) would claim that such sins can only be atoned for by Jesus’ Death. 2/6
But that is the work of grace. Jesus dies and forgives the sin of the world (and the sins of the individual) without considering the merit or worthiness of the person forgiven. It is a gift freely given. 3/6
If we were to apply his own logic and theology, then his sins should not be forgiven by God, since they were “Voluntarily and justly entered into.” 4/6
One can argue economic or legal merits of #StudentDebt forgiveness, but DO NOT try to couch your opposition in Biblical terms, where unasked-for, unmerited grace is the overwhelming narrative in both Hebrew Scriptures and Christian Testament. 5/6
Just look at the concept of Jubilee in the Hebrew Scriptures, or the parables of the Prodigal Son or the Workers in the Vineyard in the Christian Testament. All unmerited grace. There’s a reason why Mohler does not quote specific scripture in his argument. 6/6
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