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SEE NO EVIL
THE EXISTENCE OF SIN
IN AN AGE OF RELATIVISM
SEE NO EVIL
SEE NO EVILTHE EXISTENCE OF SIN
IN AN AGE OF RELATIVISM
Harry Lee Poe
(~Kregel~ Publications
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See No Evil: The Existence of Sin in an Age of Relativism
© 2004 by Harry Lee Poe
Published by Kregel Publications, a division of Kregel, Inc., P.O. Box 2607, Grand Rapids,MI 49501.
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Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible: New Interna-tional Version®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used bypermission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
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Scripture quotations marked NCV are from The Holy Bible, New Century Version. © 1987,1988,1991 by Word Publishing, Dallas, Texas 75234. Used by permission.
Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version.
Cover design: John M. Lucas
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPoe, Harry Lee.
See no evil: the existence of sin in an age of relativism / by Harry Lee Poe.p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Sin. 2. Good and evil. 1. Title.
BT715.P64 2004241' .3-dc22 2004019963
ISBN 0-8254-3371-1
Printed in the United States of America
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To David S. Dockerywho is much less appropriate
than many people I knowto have a book on sin
dedicated to him.
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CONTENTS
Preface / 9
I. Ridding the World of Evil 13
2. Why Do Good People Do Bad Things (to Good People)? / 33
3. The Good, the True, and the Beautiful / 55
4. Beholding the Glory of God / 75
5. The Light of the World / 95
6. What It Means to Be Lost 115
7. Convinced of Something / 133
8. How People Are Their Own Problem 151
9. How Jesus Deals with Life's Real Issues / 171
Scripture Index / 191
Subject Index / 195
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