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Hamartiology

(Hauerwas, The Peaceable Kingdom, 30-35)
We are friends of the crucified, but we are the crucifiers as well.

We must be trained to see ourselves as sinners, not self-evident, so fundamental we must be taught to recognize it. Cannot perceive it when we are formed by it.

Sin not universal tendency to be inhumane or immoral (though involves this),
we are sinful because we deceive ourselves about the nature of reality and would thus crucify the one who calls us to God's kingdom.

Discover true identity as selves in life, death, resurrection of Jesus. Story of God tells us we are sinners, in relation to God as infidelity, rebellion, and selfishness.

We are created for loyalty, but our sinfulness is loyalty to other things than God.

Sin said to be Pride, Self-love, Lust, Sloth . . . it is all of those, very complex.

Sin: to the extent I refuse to faithful to God's way, to live as part of God's life, my life assumes the character of rebellion.

Sin......

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