Tag: sin

  • Acknowledgment, the First Step of Salvation

    Tim

    Acknowledgement is the first step toward salvation and there are two things that we must acknowledge before we can be saved: Let’s begin with our first acknowledgement.   I can still remember the first time I saw a soda bottle. I was walking home from school, before the terror of social media and instant access… Read more

  • Believe- The Second Step of Salvation

    Tim

    The second part of our three steps to salvation is believe. We must believe before we can truly repent and can only believe if we have first acknowledged. The silent pitter patter of scurrying feet tirelessly echoes across the forest floor as the tank shelled, hexapods skillfully travail. In an unplanned, unorganized manner, the manic… Read more

  • Repentance, the Third Step of Salvation

    Tim

    Congratulations on making it to our final step of salvation! Beads of salty sweat volleyed between his leg hair as he crotched down. Muddied, calloused hands snatching and grabbing at his six-legged dinner. Grunting and gnarling with each successful and failed catch. The first complete handful shoveled into his mouth. Crunch! Bug guts pop, coating… Read more

  • The Eternal Hole in our Heart

    Tim

    I hate puzzles. I’ll do them still, every once in a bad idea, to appease the family but generally I avoid them like a fat kid and broccoli. I can work on one for about fifteen minutes before I get the urge to flip the table and drop kick everyone in the room (I promise… Read more

  • What is Sin?

    Tim

    What is sin? It is very possible that you along with most others would define sin as something we do that separates us from God; followed by a list of bad and evil do nots. I would agree with this for part of the answer but not the whole. This definition only shows the action… Read more

  • The Difference between Sin, Iniquity and Transgression

    Tim

    What is sin? What is iniquity? What is transgression (trespass)? These are all questions many of us have asked. Generally, the response to any of these three questions is a list of bad/evil actions such as adultery, covetousness, greed, pride, envy, etc. For many years I gave this very definition to many people. One day… Read more