Summary:
I realize that I’ve written a number of posts dealing with the
subject of sin, and the struggle to overcome the barriers that divide human
communities was the denouement of “A New World: Tear Down Those Walls.” But
something struck me during a class that I was teaching recently that revealed
the overlap of these two topics. What struck me as result of reviewing some of
the classroom material that I use was that the human alienation that
accompanies human conflict can itself be construed as sin in that it alienates the
human community from God. Our relationship and connection to God cannot be
separated from our relationship and connection to one another.
