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January 23, 2012 · 42:21 · 7 min

The true cost of sin: sacrifice and the substitute

After a station ID, a host reframes sin through the Old Testament sacrificial system: worshippers had to kill their own livestock — animals their children played with — in front of everyone at the temple, making sin's cost visceral. He argues modern believers miss the weight of Jesus' sacrifice without that backdrop: an innocent man took the knife for them. They then turn on the trendy habit of reveling in sin so Jesus looks cooler for forgiving it — 'Jesus rocks on his own,' one says, 'you could have not been born at all and Jesus would still be awesome' — noting Paul expressly warned against sinning to manufacture more grace.

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