one of the questions asked was “What cumbersome sin did Christ die to redeem your from” (paraphrase). Jim does a great job teaching – and the answers that came back were – well, big sins. Not specficically, but I think the majority of folks were thinking about sin in their life that is constantly haunting them, partly due to the size or impact of the sin on their walk, and their guilt.
How about the little stuff? I think, especially in a grace-centered culture, in our paradigm of repenting, believing, and fighting, that the most cumbersome sins maybe those that AREN’T huge sings – those that we think we can handle ourselves, maybe tryout a little bootstrap theology and just do it . Maybe THOSE become the most cumbersome sins as we forget too often that Christ died to redeem us from yelling at someone on the highway, or losing patience with our kids, or fogetting to be the chief-repenters in our marriages . . .
