by Terry Wane Benton<\/p>\n
I protest sin. It corrupts hearts and destroys love and peace. It breaks our relationship with God and makes people lawless. It blinds people to their own faults and makes them super critical of others. Sin corrupts hearts so that they hate people without knowing them based upon external features that are just matters of perspective or prejudice.<\/p>\n
There are many things to protest, but these are more important matters than most of the things people are caught up in. If people started on these matters, the other things would fade into nonexistence. Start with protesting sin in your own heart!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
by Terry Wane Benton I protest sin. It corrupts hearts and destroys love and peace. It breaks our relationship with God and makes people lawless. It blinds people to their own faults and makes them super critical of others. 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In 1939 a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":48842,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/sin-repentance-and-judging-others\/","url_meta":{"origin":87903,"position":3},"title":"Sin, Repentance, and Judging Others","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"by Doy Moyer Some discussions just seem odd to me. One such oddity goes along these lines (and it seems to happen over and over, especially on social media, so this is not a reference to one particular discussion): Person A: \"People who engage in this activity are in sin\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41510,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/when-is-judging-a-sin\/","url_meta":{"origin":87903,"position":4},"title":"When is judging a sin?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a question about when judging people becomes a sin. I was thinking about how my friends take the Lord's name in vain sometimes. And I was thinking to myself well if they don't confess then they might not end up where they expect (when they die). Then\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":66913,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/judging-sin-and-saying-so\/","url_meta":{"origin":87903,"position":5},"title":"Judging Sin and Saying So","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"by Terry Wane Benton Jesus commanded us to \"judge righteous judgment\" (John 7:24) and to not judge unfairly or hypocritically (Matthew 7:1-3), but to address our own sins \"first\" and then help others with their need to remove sin also. 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