Poverty has long antedated capitalism, and exploitation caused by human sinfulness has marked every era. |
We try to compensate for our natural sinfulness by performing good works of various kinds. |
They were keenly aware of their sinfulness and eager to undertake the hardships of the Crusade as a penitential act of charity and love. |
The journey from Epiphany to Lent brings us from the brightness of our dawning to the bleakness of our sinfulness. |
These words directly acknowledge the reality of systemic evil and individual sinfulness. |
It seems to me that each act of sinning incrementally dulls the ability of an individual to see the sinfulness of the act. |