The reader may have wondered why I have not yet said much
about human sinfulness.
Not exact matches
Indeed, given what Christianity teaches
about charity,
human sinfulness, and God's grace, being a Christian may make Benedict or any other Christian far less likely to be fanatical than the atheist.
Jewish and Christian resistance to utopianism rests upon bitter historical lessons
about the weight of
human sinfulness.
I am sorry to say this after Thomas Martin Cothran's expressed nervousness
about my comparisons of Catholic social thought and the social thought of the American founders: The Americans» persistent emphasis on
human sinfulness seems to me more in touch with
human experience than does papal social thought since 1891.
If the person you are talking to seems to believe that they don't need to believe in Jesus because they are good enough people on their own, you might want to present some of the preparation truths
about the holiness of God and our own
human sinfulness.