Dr. Bock,

I enjoyed this chain concerning the E/E movement which quickly turned to a discussion on sin, specifically, the verying degrees of sin proposed by other readers. I agree with your points and appreciate your references to the vice lists in the NT.

It seems that when we have these discussions, it always ends up in the discussion of homosexuality vs. the remaining. Homosexuality is sin as pointed out by a fellow reader in which he referenced Romans 1:18-32, but I believe that it is important to ask the question, "who escapes the vice list in this same text"? If we are honest, none. Therefore, we all lack God's righteous requirement regardless of our perceived degrees of sin and all need the same Savior! One further point, man's original seperation from God was not murder, rape, or homosexuality but eating a "piece of fruit" when told not to eat it! The bottom line, God does not tolerate sin, period.