WHAT'S WRONG?

You don't have to be alive too long before you reach the conclusion that this world is not what it could or should be.

The fact that there's a major problem seems fairly obvious - but what exactly lies at the root of that problem is less certain.

Every major religion puts its finger in a different place. Maybe the problem is too much desire. Maybe it's suffering. (Maybe it's "whiteness"!) 

Christianity says the problem is sin.

And that can be a hard sell. 

We know there is something wrong with this world, but we don't want to admit it is us. It is so much more desirable to blame something outside of ourselves.

But Scripture says what's gumming up the works is sin. Mine. Yours. Everybody's.

So a Church which stays true to its calling is, by definition, in the business of dealing with sin - and that puts us in an admittedly uncomfortable position.

On a daily and weekly and yearly basis. 

So if you're a Christian, you might want to figure out how to properly deal with sin - your own and others'. 

(Or find yourself one of those progressive churches.)