Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...circumstance which can be interpreted in favor of the sinner. To condemn this merciful outlook is to misunderstand the entire gospel of Christ. With the hatred of the Lord Jesus Himself the church hates sin, but with His own compassion she stands, as long as there is the slightest foothold, between the sinner and the terrible consequences of his sin. If this means that she will be called the friend of sinners, she does not forget that the same charge was hurled at her Master...