Tag: sin
Grace For Dahmer
Grace: (in Christian belief) the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings.
That is how Google defined grace when I typed the word in the search engine. It is a pretty simple definition that is easy to understand. I think if you were to ask most Christians what grace is they would give a similar explanation. Perhaps not as eloquently put, but I think the gist would be the same. However, going beyond citing a definition, we don’t seem to understand it as well in practice: accepting God’s grace, who can receive God’s grace and offering grace to those around us. We speak of an eternal and everlasting grace, but yet we still try to place it in a box that matches what we are comfortable with.
Sin
Sin; it would seem to be a word that we don’t really talk about or think about very much. It is uncomfortable to talk about as if just thinking about sin is a sin itself. We don’t want anyone focusing on our sins and we don’t want to confront others about their sins, unless we are talking about the sins of a group that we aren’t associated with. Apparently, we only want to talk about sin when it can’t actually help anyone.