We thrive on taking risks and to a certain extent experiencing danger.

People enjoy mountain-climbing, skiing, parachute-jumping, running with the bulls and bungee-jumping because there is a certain amount of danger in them. It is not that these people wish to die; it is just that they receive an exhilarating feeling of facing danger and surviving. To a much lower extent we seek this sense of danger when we go on a roller coaster. People enjoy gambling because of an element of risk.

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If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.

1 John 5:16

Not All Sins Are Equal

As a Protestant, this verse was always troubling to me. Protestantism rejects the Catholic view that there are two types of sins – mortal and venial. Protestantism teaches that a sin is a sin. Al...

We thrive on taking risks and to a certain extent experiencing danger.

People enjoy mountain-climbing, skiing, parachute-jumping, running with the bulls and bungee-jumping because there is a certain amount of danger in them. It is not that these people wish to die; it is just that they receive an exhilarating feeling of facing danger and surviving. To a much lower extent we seek this sense of danger when we go on a roller coaster. People enjoy gambling because of an element of risk.

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If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that.

1 John 5:16

Not All Sins Are Equal

As a Protestant, this verse was always troubling to me. Protestantism rejects the Catholic view that there are two types of sins – mortal and venial. Protestantism teaches that a sin is a sin. Al...