re: Troubling statement from The Gospel Coalition.

Moral Relativism continues its diabolical relentless destruction of absolute truth.

Jordan Peterson has really helped me understand what the word “Sin” means in the first place. It’s an archery term that means “missing the mark”. And he explains things through the logos which allows me to understand the natural order of things and why certain activities, deeds, or thoughts are “sins”.

It’s also not lost on me that the Spanish word for “without“ is sin.

Living a life without “sin” is an understanding for ourselves to live a life that reduces the suffering and gets us closer to God (or the natural order of things…aka…the logos). It has nothing to do with judging other people. It has everything to do with us understanding for ourselves that we are “missing the mark”. At least that was my aha moment when the light came on for me.

I don't seek man's approval - it's nice when it happens, but if you get a whole lot at once, make sure it's because you're doing the right thing, not the popular thing.

Even our best is as filthy rags. Rather than self-loving, we need to humble ourselves. The realization that we can never be worthy, but can be given grace nonetheless is more comforting than a Stuart Smalley pep talk in the mirror.

As Jesus pointed out, the world rejected Him, so how can we expect acceptance while acting as He did? The only kind of acceptance or adulation we should desire is that from a starving, miserable world grateful for the Bread of Life we offer to them.

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Yeah but Jesus also told the woman to go sin no more. Point is, of course we are to give second chances and love the sinner but by the same token, that doesn’t give a free pass when the sin is blatantly continued.

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Loving others despite their sin - good.
Thinking that our love is what they need more than repentance and salvation - narcissistic, cowardly, and evil.

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biblical worldview

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Oxymoron

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

You have the word of life, or spiritual poison.

Do you drink from the bottles of cleaner to see what they're like?

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What other sin did God say he hates, and burn down a town over. Sexual immortality is a lifestyle sin that God called an abomination. Once you ask for forgiveness, you’e not supposed to wake up in the same sin day after day. As God said he would cast our sins from us, remove them, throw them into the sea. How can that be done if the sinner doesn’t do the same? A component of sin is guilt. If there is no guilt & remorse, is it really repentance?

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Well stated.

I will, though, that what sets queers apart from other sinners is their refusal to acknowledge that what they are doing is, in fact, sinful.

There isn't a group of thieves trying to normalize burglary. Murderers aren't trying to take over churches in order to make them feel less guilty for what they do.

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I never understand why so many churches say Jesus will forgive your sins, except for sucking cock, he won't forgive no gay shite. Jesus don't play that. The preacher can frick Steve's wife and that will be forgiven. But we can't abide for Timmy and Tommy to be a couple happy queers.

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No wonder you are not a christian. You are to stupid to understand the concept.

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I never understand why so many churches say Jesus will forgive your sins, except for sucking cock, he won't forgive no gay shite. Jesus don't play that. The preacher can frick Steve's wife and that will be forgiven. But we can't abide for Timmy and Tommy to be a couple happy queers.

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Most preachers wouldn't keep their jobs - forgiven or not. The distinction, which you must've gone through herculean effort to ignore, is that past sins are in a different category than ongoing sins or sins whose sinfulness is denied, or worse - celebrated.

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What makes a person a Christian is the acknowledgement that they are sinners, that what they do is bad, and that they need to repent from said sins. Ultimately you are to recognize you are incapable of earning your way into heaven, instead you need to acknowledge Jesus as your Savior. Without Him, you have no chance.

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Some of you make Jesus sounds like the biggest egotistical maniac a-hole.

So if person 1 doesn't acknowledge Jesus as his savior he goes to hell even if, by any indication, while everyone does sin lived his life in a manner which everyone would respect, doing the right things, being selfless and helping others, etc. That dude gets to live the afterlife for eternity in hell.

But person 2 is a lifelong serial rapist and muderer but at 78 years old, he truly repents for all of his sins and accepts Jesus as his Savior. He gets to go to Heaven.

So what you do on this Earth is completely irrelevant, just bow down to Jesus and you're good to go. That is quite literally what is being said here.

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So what you do on this Earth is completely irrelevant, just bow down to Jesus and you're good to go.

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Sure. Lots of serial rapists just decide that they’re bad people and decide to convert to a whole new way of thinking and the neural pathways that led them through life don’t affect them at all.