Show Nob odys fault but his own if man fails in this modern life i by BISHOP B D F P IVINS if a man misses his mark in life you can be sure it is his own fault this in spite of the so called psychology of which we havo have been hearing so much of late telling us that we tire absolutely fixed by what our inheritance and environment have made us and that if we knew perfectly what a mans environment and inheritance were we could plot his mental reaction and how he would respond to any given stimulus this kind of a theory theor y is s nonsense e the psychologists are beginning to acknowledge it as nonsense men blen do not act that way man is responsible if he fails to come up to the mark man ilan is a free agent in theological terminology he has a free will sin is nothing more than missing the mark there are certain overt acts which men generally agree to be sins such as murder stealing lying then we seem to catalogue sins by degrees and some we condone condon e suell such as divorce cheating in business the diplomatic lie gossip tale bearing and scandal you cannot classify sin in that way our lord never once as far as we have a record condemned an overt act of omis omission sion but he condemns the sins which we today are inclined to ignore those of commission self examination and ale cleansing ansing of moral wrongs is the great need of all Chris christians fians |