You don’t have to be alive too long before you reach the conclusion that this world is not what it could or should be.<\/p>\n\n\n
The fact that there’s a major problem seems fairly obvious – but what exactly lies at the root of that problem is less certain.<\/p>\n\n\n
Every major religion puts its finger in a different place. Maybe the problem is too much desire. Maybe it’s suffering. (Maybe it’s “whiteness”!)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Christianity says the problem is sin.<\/p>\n\n\n
And that can be a hard sell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
We know there is something wrong with this world, but we don’t want to admit it is us. It is so much more desirable to blame something outside of ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n
But Scripture says what’s gumming up the works is sin. Mine. Yours. Everybody’s.<\/p>\n\n\n
So a Church which stays true to its calling is, by definition, in the business of dealing with sin – and that puts us in an admittedly uncomfortable position.<\/p>\n\n\n
On a daily and weekly and yearly basis.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
So if you’re a Christian, you might want to figure out how to properly deal with sin – your own and others’.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
(Or find yourself one of those progressive churches.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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