This thought is completely plagarised from a lecture by Carl Trueman (available from www.theologynetwork.org - great website) but I found it really helpful and wanted to tell someone. (Besides, nothing's orginal, it's all been thought of by God first).
Q. Are we more wicked and sinful now than we were?
A. No. But with modern technology its easier for our sin to express itself. To kill we just have to fire a gun and don't have to put ourself at risk. To access porn we don't have to risk the shame of being caught buying it, we can just access it on the net. Sin has not changed but today our hearts can be more easily seen for what they are.
"What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!" Romans 7v24-25 (TNIV)
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Hi Matt,
Do you think that, whilst each person is born equally sinful, culture naturally gets worse without 'gospel intervention'? Do we see this in Romans 1 etc?
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