Can a parochurch ministry be my church?

That's just one of the questions we'll be answering on today's edition of Core Christianity.

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christianity dot com and first up today adriel we have an email question for you this one comes

from hector and he says is all sin equal in god's eyes like for example a white lie versus

murder are those equal?

Patrick, thank you for that question. The first thing I think that we need to do is define what sin is.

Sin is not just making a mistake. The best definition for sin, I think, is sin is any want of conformity to or transgression of God's law. That is, sin is when we, when we fail to conform our lives to what God has called us to positively. God calls you to love your neighbor. Instead,

you just are sort of neutral. You don't positively love your neighbor. And so it is failing to

conform to God's law or just when we transgress the law of God,

that is break one of God's holy commandments.

Now, all sin deserves God's wrath and curse and all have sined and fallen short of the glory of God.

But your question specifically is, does that mean that every sin is the same

in God's eyes? I think the answer to that is no. There are some sins that are worse than others.

Some sins in and of themselves or by reason of, you know, being repeated over and over again,

I think are more heinous in God's eyes. Even when we

consider who it is that's committing the sin, I think can make it more heinous. So, for example,

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