Sin Boldly 1 John 1:1-2:2
Delivered to Smith Chapel UMC on April 19, 2009
What I Didn't Say
Luther--Though I've been a United Methodist for many years, I went to a Presbyterian seminary. A good third of the student body there was United Methodist as well. We had no seminary near us, so many of us gravitated to PTS (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary). But we weren't the only ones who did that. There were smatterings of many different Christian denominations there...Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Assembly of God, and Episcopalians to name a few. Among that motley crew, there were some Lutherans.
I remember one young Lutheran in particular who had a t-shirt I loved. It was simply a white t-shirt that had two words printed on the front. In big, black, defiant letters it said, "SIN BOLDLY." If you ever see a shirt like that, buy it for me.
Luther must have been quite a guy!
