Wednesday, May 1, 2002

There was no condemnation of the sinner

Your opinion column of April 24 concerning phobias was right on the mark. It was one of the best explanations of the love of God and explanations of sin that I have ever seen.

I saw nowhere the condemnation of the person of anyone, just the condemnation of the sin itself.

As you stated, we all are sinners. None of us have bypassed the sin nature. There is only one "unpardonable" sin, the rejection of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ as Savior.

One of the letter writers used the term "outdated prejudices of the past." You addressed these very well, but to add my two cents: God's principles never change, only those of man.

Ralph Stakely

Fayetteville

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