Yes, it is true. Sin is gone! Well, at least in a dictionary for children in England it is. You can look and look for it and even use your magnifying glass, but you will not find it in this dictionary.
But, in God’s vocabulary, you can be sure that it is not gone and never will be.
What am I talking about? Well, an article published 06 Dec 2008 by Julie Henry in the online Telegraph.co.uk website explains that “Words associated with Christianity, the monarchy and British history have been dropped from a leading dictionary for children."
Apparently, the publishers of this Children’s dictionary have removed several words from the lexicon for children. Among the excluded words are SIN and DEVIL.
Astounding!
Actually you need to read two article to get the whole story.
The first article gives the overview and lists several of the words that were deleted.
The second article actually lists the words SIN and DEVIL along with several others that have been expelled from the lexicon of words they think young folks need to know. In addition to SIN and the DEVIL having been taken out. several other religious words have been removed including abbey, aisle, altar, bishop, chapel, christen, disciple, minister, monastery, monk, jun, nunnery, parish, pew, psalm, pulpit, saint, sin, devil, vicar.
Why is this important? Well, of course, you have already gasped and correctly answered this question. I can hear you now as you say:
“Wow, if children are never introduced to these words (sin, devil, psalm, saint, etc.) and since they hardly ever darken the door of the Churches any more and even if they do, since most Churches are now avoiding those words so that folks won’t ‘feel bad’, how are they ever going to hear the gospel or even know that they need to hear it? “
Obviously, things are getting bleaker and darker and much faster than one would have ever thought.
And, lest you think I am kidding. Here are the two articles. Read them, weep, and begin to pray and witness.
For Article 1, HERE’S THE LINK
For Article 2, HERE’S THE LINK
