We Believe in Sin (5 of 9)
Series: Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith
Scott Maze
Genesis 3:1-24
We continue a series of messages entitled Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith. We are exploring the beliefs that form the theological center of Christianity. It is a series devoted to the discovery of what you believe and why it matters. Each of these beliefs serves as lynchpins to the Christian faith, so that if you were to remove one of them you would see the Christian faith crumble. And today we come to answer the question, ''What is wrong with the world?'' and ''What is wrong with us?''
My deceased father was a Penn State graduate and so I was disturbed by the news coming out of State College, PA this week. If you missed it, a 267-page report by Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, where the longtime head football coach, Joe Paterno misled a grand jury about his knowledge of Jerry Sandusky's actions involving the sexual assault of children. Further, evidence suggests that the iconic coach was instrumental in concealing the evidence against his friend and assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of sexual abuse with minors. According to the report, had Coach Paterno acted on the evidence at hand as early as 1998, then numerous young boys would have been protected against the vicious and vile acts of Sandusky. The question that comes to our minds is ''Why?'' Why would Paterno do this? Why would the iconic coach, whose reputation was revered by everyone, lie? Why would the most powerful leaders at the university cover up these crimes for thirteen years? Certainly, there was an internal desire to protect the reputation of the school. Certainly, there was a desire to protect the program from the financial fallout of this scandal.
Yet, these are ultimately unsatisfactory answers to this deep stain. There has to be a deeper and more satisfying explanation to what's is wrong here. The Bible says that each one of ...
Series: Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith
Scott Maze
Genesis 3:1-24
We continue a series of messages entitled Creed: 9 Essentials to the Christian Faith. We are exploring the beliefs that form the theological center of Christianity. It is a series devoted to the discovery of what you believe and why it matters. Each of these beliefs serves as lynchpins to the Christian faith, so that if you were to remove one of them you would see the Christian faith crumble. And today we come to answer the question, ''What is wrong with the world?'' and ''What is wrong with us?''
My deceased father was a Penn State graduate and so I was disturbed by the news coming out of State College, PA this week. If you missed it, a 267-page report by Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, where the longtime head football coach, Joe Paterno misled a grand jury about his knowledge of Jerry Sandusky's actions involving the sexual assault of children. Further, evidence suggests that the iconic coach was instrumental in concealing the evidence against his friend and assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky. Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts of sexual abuse with minors. According to the report, had Coach Paterno acted on the evidence at hand as early as 1998, then numerous young boys would have been protected against the vicious and vile acts of Sandusky. The question that comes to our minds is ''Why?'' Why would Paterno do this? Why would the iconic coach, whose reputation was revered by everyone, lie? Why would the most powerful leaders at the university cover up these crimes for thirteen years? Certainly, there was an internal desire to protect the reputation of the school. Certainly, there was a desire to protect the program from the financial fallout of this scandal.
Yet, these are ultimately unsatisfactory answers to this deep stain. There has to be a deeper and more satisfying explanation to what's is wrong here. The Bible says that each one of ...
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