Thus every adequate theology must deal with the deadly power and awful reality of sin. (religion-online.org)
It is the spiritual reality of our sin, created by it as a natural consequence of our free will — and something God never intended for us to go to, to the point of total self - sacrifice to us to help save us from our own self - made doom. (nakedpastor.com)
It expressed an awareness of the majesty of God and of the terrible reality of sin (pondus peccati). (religion-online.org)