We don't want this shame to be seen, even if our shame is caused
by the sins of others.
That
caused by sin in the world, especially that of cruelty, is most certainly unjust.
As a youth pastor whose heart is broken
by the sin in his students and who has been preaching a lot about radical grace lately, I needed that.
However, although we are
damaged by sin, our nature is not totally destroyed.
Part of the Christian world view is that the world is
broken by sin, this being an incredibly sad example.
Moreover, only absolute Love can restore creation's primordial unity
destroyed by sin.
Don't expect the church to be a nice club, think of it as a hospital where people who admit they are
affected by sin in various degrees, come to be treated.
Quite to the contrary, He is
hurt by sin, not because it somehow damages Him, but because He loves us so much and He knows how much sin hurts us.
Your continued push that most people, if
confronted by their sin of living together, would stay in that particular church is not even close to reality of the majority of those situations.
In the meantime, we were, though ultimately redeemed, still
marked by sin.
This means that for as long as memory can recall, our human experience has been
influenced by sin.
To become involved in such affairs is, they fear, to compromise the integrity of one's faith, to risk
contamination by the sin of the world.
Long my imprisoned spirit lay Held
past by sin and nature's night.
Is it because He is so deeply hurt and
offended by sin that He just can not stand to be around sinners?
Some extra muscle gets
provided by Sin cards that do a variety of things such as letting you shift extra monsters around or deal more damage.
I believe cancer is
caused by sin so I don't want any of my tax dollars going to heal sinners.
Or is it because He loves us so much, He does not want to see us hurt and
damaged by sin?
If the image was
destroyed by sin, then this argument against murder would make no sense.
Within the group whose unity has been
shattered by sin, some devoted servant will suffer on behalf of the offender.
By sins of thought, word and deed we create great suffering for ourselves and others.
Phillip, I have to come out of peace, quiet, and serenity to write to folks
blinded by the sin of pride.
I wonder if perhaps some children are so pure of heart because they are not
tainted by sin that they are able to hear angels, the Holy Spirit and God easier than others.
Our story begins after the labors, and after the legend...
Haunted by a sin from his past, Hercules has become a mercenary.
The way I see it is if you know you are separated from
God by the sin in your life and you tell him you recognize him as your only possible savior and you believe that he paid the price for you and rose again defeating death and the grave then he either forgives you and saves you or he doesn't.
Although our hearts and minds are corrupted
by our sin nature, this sense of right and wrong, of justice and injustice, of love and hate, remains an important part of who we are and deserves our attention.
The violence that exists in the human heart
wounded by sin is also manifested in the symptoms of the disease we feel in soil, water, air and in the living things.
12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, FOR THAT ALL SINNED:
On the one hand, Thomas Aquinas could not accept the view that the great achievements of Greek rationality should simply be ignored by Christians or assumed to be fundamentally
distorted by sin.
He wants us to be free and prosperous (not in the material sense), not
enslaved by sin which destroys us and our relationship with Him.
13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be
hardened by sin's deceitfulness.
It is this destiny and this environmental harmony that is
lost by sin in the first generation, damaging the whole organically and spiritually interconnected Body of Humanity.
Truth Christians speaks exposes evil, irritates many, offends the people
bound by sin and therefore all these antagonistic comments.
Atlanta holds down second place on the list, followed closely behind
by Sin City.
Historically, most fundamentalists have preached withdrawal from the world as the only way to remain
untainted by sin.
I've often been told that the reason I have a problem with the idea of people suffering eternally without the chance to be saved is because my sense of justice has been
perverted by my sin nature, that it only seems unfair to me because «God's ways are higher than our ways.»