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sin In the OT ‘sin’ denotes what is unacceptable (to God or humanity), not necessarily disobedience to God, or rebellion against him (as it is in 1 Kgs. 8: 50); not to be equated with crime, which is an offence against society. Anything wrongly related to God is sin (Rom. 14: 23).
Idolatry is therefore the supreme sin (Rom. 1: 23). In the NT one Greek word has the meaning ‘missing the mark’ (John 8: 46; Rom. 5: 12). Another means ‘lawlessness’ (2 Cor. 6: 14) or ‘moral depravity’ (1 John 3: 12). When sin came into the world, it provoked God's wrath (Gen. 3: 24) and it is explained that the fact of death is to be ultimately attributed to sin (Gen. 2: 17). Everybody is infected by sin and its guilt, of pride rather than
faith (Rom. 5: 12 ff.). The condition is irreversible by human effort (Rom. 7) and it is only by God's initiative that any change is possible (John 3: 3 ff.). Sin was in principle conquered by the
life,
death, and
resurrection of Jesus and we are released from its suffocating power by our being united to him by faith and
baptism.
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Sin-No More? A Feminist Re-Visioning of a Christian Theology of Sin
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...feminist Christian theology against speaking of sin either as a ruptured relationship or refusal...article explores what a feminist theology of sin might look like, if it is rooted in humanity...author demonstrates how Tanner's concept of sin as "blockage" or "blindness" to God...
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 "Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)")
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Sin is not what we do, it'really who we are; Reality: It's just something we can't get away from
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 4/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...beginning and end of the definition of "sin." Notice that I'm using the word solely in the singular. I say "sin" instead of "sins." That's because I want to escape from the notion of sin being finite, and subject to itemization...
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Sin insulation.(repenters find welcome)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/29/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...the roughest edges of sin and convince ourselves...Bible characters, our sins look pretty small. Nothing...a robust awareness of sin. One is uncertainty about...heartlessness toward those whose sins have found them out and...can only afford to see sin in others. But what heaven...
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Different Sins for Different Sexes
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday; 2/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...study, how do men and women sin differently? Father MARTIN...to the study, men's first sin in terms of the Seven Deadly Sins is lust, and women's is...according to the Seven Deadly Sins. But the sin I hear a lot from women, without...
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Sins of emission
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 10/10/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...emission. Unlike most sins, sins of emission are completely...species is such that we often sin, this need not be the case with sins of emission. After all...This is not the case with sins of emission. Every sin of emission can be eliminated...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Sin v Lembit.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 1/17/2007; 700+ words
; ...Simpson Western Mail The media war between Sin Lloyd and former fiance Lembit Opik stepped...her hair newly dyed, weather presenter Sin made a glamorous cover girl. But she had...girlfriend, Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia. Sin and Lembit broke off their engagement last...
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Sin City Brewing Co. Now Open Inside The Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian.
PR Newswire; 9/16/2009; 629 words
; ...The city's signature microbrewery, Sin City Brewing Co., has opened its third...the Miracle Mile Shops and the Flamingo, Sin City Brewing Co. at The Grand Canal Shoppes...five original, ice-cold beers on tap: Sin City Amber, Sin City Light, Sin City Weisse...
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Sin and Evil: Moral Values in Literature.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Christianity and Literature; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Sin and Evil: Moral Values in Literature. By...instances of suffering and cruelty in his study of sin, evil, and moral values in literature. Natural...are such disasters somehow related to human "sin"? The devastation, death, and residual...
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Missing sin.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...not illegal was moral. Soon, sin was identified with "choice...psychologists and psychoanalysts relegated sin into the realm of the unconscious...longer held responsible for the sins we commit. After all, sin is no longer a conscious act...
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Sin not what it used to be for Catholics
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 5/29/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...if you're harping on sin. Going to confession...palm ritual to scrub away sins, is all but dead. Which...focus on the "pelvic sins," regardless of the...when compared to other sins. There was a legalistic attitude toward sin. Maguire said that eating...
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Sin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...the concept of original sin . Also important was the...penitential system. Social sin has been increasingly...the sum of individual sins and sinners, as e.g...See also SEVEN DEADLY SINS . Islam There are more...x2BE;ān for sin or offence against God...
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sin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...serious matter; other sins are venial. Habitual sin is called vice. Roman...individually all mortal sins (see penance ). The...envy, and sloth. The sins that cry out to heaven...Gen. 4.10), the sin of Sodom (Gen. 18...
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Seven Deadly Sins
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
...and Sloth are the seven deadly sins that popes, saints, preachers...at risk by indulging in these sins; for example, those whose arrogant...though, are the consequences of sin for the fate of the soul. The...of damnation after death. The sins are "deadly," then, primarily...
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Jaime L. Sin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Jaime L. Sin Jaime L. Sin (born 1928) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served...the installation of Corazon Aquino as president in 1986. Jaime L. Sin, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, was born in the town of New...
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Original Sin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Original Sin. In Christian theology, the state of sin in which mankind has been captive since the Fall (q.v...teaching that ‘through one man [i.e. Adam] sin entered into the world’, so that ‘by...
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