Sin: Things are not as they should be

In this book, he tried to recover an old conviction that has been crumbling and changing in recent decades. The consciousness of sin used to accompany us like a shadow. Christians hated sin, feared it, fled from it, grieved over it.

Despite everything, everyone knew well what these preachers were talking about. They were talking about sin. In today's confessional groups, it's not easy to know if people understand what is being talked about. The modern language of the church sugarcoats things: "We confess that we have a problem with the human dynamic of relationship rectification, and especially with the weak way we form a network of contacts." Or it is said: "I would like to say that we need to embrace holiness as an area of growth." But when it comes to talking about sin, people today babble.

. . . the word sin appears more than anything on restaurant dessert menus. What is sinful is a slice of "Black Forest cake" or a "chocolate cake with cream and ice cream," but lying is no longer a sin. The new measure of sin is caloric.

For this reason, what I write, I write with non-theologians in mind, and not just Christians. Let's remember that those who follow other religions also sin. Secularists sin. Incidentally, secularists do not think their evil is an affront to the living God and are unlikely to call it sin, but even they—like everyone else—notice, resent, and increase injustice, delights, envy, wickedness, and other vile acts. Much of what I will say will, therefore, be entirely comprehensible to them, even if they do not accept its context and assumptions.