Sentences with phrase «committed egregious sins»

More has not been spiritually alive enough to have committed egregious sins.

Many years ago, I had committed an egregious sin.

Not exact matches

We've isolated and condemned homosexuality as an especially egregious sin because 1) it's a sexual thing (and we're obsessed with sex), 2) it's relatively easy to identify and name, (unlike gossip and materialism and greed, which are condemned more often in the Bible and are more pervasive in our culture), and 3) it is «other,» (when you're straight, and in no danger of committing homosexual acts yourself, it's easy to call it an abomination because it's easier to remove specks from others people's eyes.)

It should be clear that, though a man may risk his life in a cause of sufficient importance, he sins gravely if he directly wills his own death as he goes in harm's way to give effect to that decision, and commits an egregious blasphemy if he promises on the Divine Name to do so.

Valerie Sawyer is unhappy about the loud silence of Mr. Rawlings in the face of what she believed are egregious sins being committed by the governing New Patriotic Party.

Sure, you could do that, as long as you're comfortable committing one of the most egregious, cardinal sins in the gym — leaving a mess of weights all over the floor.