This observation is paramount and so frequently misconstrued: Sin, defined by the biblical imagination, is not an accusation or a condemnation; it’s just a diagnosis. It’s a trip to the doctor’s office where you describe your symptoms and discover that “there’s a name for this disease.” The trouble with disease is that it gets in the way of doing what we were made to do—namely, live free, healthy lives, using our bodies according to their design.
