A thought by Kyle Idleman, (2015-10-01) from his book, The End of Me: Where Real Life in the Upside-Down Ways of Jesus Begins (Kindle Locations 520-521). David C. Cook. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Some have set out to remove some of the old-fashion words from some of the new dictionaries and sin is one of those words. But as Kyle says, we can’t wipe it away from our souls. As David said, “In sin did my mother conceive me.” We were born with it. Kyle says, “As a culture, we can try to rub out the definition of sin, but the condition isn’t going anywhere. It cracks the whip on just as many slaves— the entire population of the world— as it ever did. If we fail to acknowledge its reality, there can be no mourning. And without mourning there can be no confession. And without confession we miss the richest blessing of God’s forgiveness and grace.” He says, “Without seeing the depths of sin, we’ll never understand t
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