But a transgression against God’s command is not just a sin because it is an act of disobedience. The trouble has started already when one thinks of God as being ‘out there’ and of us as being ‘down ...

Sin is seen as an action, something I do against God. There is much truth to this, because sin certainly is an action. The Bible describes sin as an action.

Many people have thus thought that we have a plausible account of why an all-good, all-powerful God would tolerate sin and suffering. And I agree. I think we've uncovered an important insight.

The sin was not of Israel, but when God spoke he said Israel had sinned. Some companies have closed because they hired a person who carried a curse over his life.

Instead of measuring the levels of sin, I encourage you as Jesus did and seek to sin no more. It is God’s forgiveness that the Scriptures offer: In 1 John 1:8-9, the Bible says, “If we claim ...