Mistakes or Sin?
I heard a preacher recently say that he doesn't use the term "sin" in his messages. He prefers to call them "mistakes". Now I can understand how people don't like to be told they are "sinners" and that people like positive, uplifting messages. But to sugar -coat our offenses against God and merely refer to them as "mistakes" does a great disservice to people and eventually will do them more spiritual harm than good. God clearly revealed this to me with this passage I read recently: The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading. Lamentations 2:14 > The problem with much preaching today is that it fails to expose people's sin, so that they can repent and ward off God's discipline or in the case of unbelievers, save themselves from hell by repenting and turning to Christ in faith. God is all about Hope, but deli