Title: David and Nathan
Reference: 2 Sam 12:1-15
Speaker: Bill Gorman, BillG@cckc.church

> Our sin exposed is God’s grace on display.

> Hidden sin leads to death.

“Your principal concern appears to be that the Creator of the universe will take offense at something people do while naked. This prudery of yours contributes daily to the surplus of human misery.” - Sam Harris, Letter to a Christian Nation

"Put at its simplest: making more of sin is good for society. As a matter of fact, it is also good for democracy, good for equality, good for resisting tyranny and imperialism, and good for finding meaning in life. Sin itself is not good.
We would, it is safe to say, be better off without it. But an approach to society that does not shy away from the robust biblical doctrines of sin and judgment has much more of a fresh, truthful and, yes, positive vision to offer than one that fails to see what the Bible hides in plain sight.” (Watkin, “Sin and Society”)

“Sin is the human propensity to f*** things up.” -Francis Spufford, Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional Sense

"God takes neither of these paths. Sin does not boil down either to personal responsibility alone or structural disadvantage alone… Adam and Eve are responsible for what they have done (which gives them the dignity of agency and accountability), and they are given clothes and a promise of redemption by God (which gives them hope). Neither simply victims with no agency to help themselves nor simply grownups who should know better, they are responsible agents who made a terrible choice and who can be redeemed." - Watkins. “Sin and Society”

> Sin exposed can lead to grace.

> Pray you’d get caught.

> Run to the One who will catch you.