{"id":18808,"date":"2016-12-14T09:30:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=18808"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:28:04","slug":"the-plank-in-our-own-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2016\/12\/14\/the-plank-in-our-own-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Plank in Our Own Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jesus said that we need to look at the sin<\/strong> in our own lives<\/a> rather than look to the sin in others. We used to do this well, because as David Smith notes in his blog, the majority of letters found in the New Testament are in-house discussions with the saints of the church<\/strong> about their bad behaviours! Smith says we’re not so good today at that kind of discussion, but we’re very good at tossing bombs over the fence at our neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So let’s take a look at sin within the Evangelical<\/strong> community and what we need to do about it. We tend to think of sin mostly in terms of behaviours such as lying, stealing, and such. But if we think of sin from a biblical standpoint, which adds other dimensions that we might easily gloss over or excuse, well… let’s just say that I find the broader concept of sin pretty challenging, so I’m talking as much to myself as I am to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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