Sin

From the book The Reason For God by Timothy Keller

-Chaper 10 The Problem of Sin-

“The famous Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote a fascinating little book called The Sickness Unto Death in 1849. In it he defined “sin” in a way that is rooted in the Bible but also is accessible to contemporary people. “Sin is: in despair not wanting to be oneself before God….Faith is: that the self in being itself and wanting to be itself is grounded transparently in God.” Sin is the despairing refusal to find your deepest identity in your relationship and service to God. Sin is seeking to become oneself, to get an identity, apart from him.”