"I say, then, in the first place, that a scriptural view of sin is one of the best antidotes to that vague, dim, misty, hazy kind of theology which is so current in the present age. It is vain to shut our eyes to the fact that there is a vast quantity of so-called Christianity nowadays which you cannot declare positively unsound, but which, nevertheless, is not full measure, good weight and sixteen ounces to the pound."
"[...] a scriptural view of sin is one of the best antidotes to the extravagantly broad and liberal theology that is so much in vogue at the present time. The tendency of modern thought is to reject dogma, creeds and every kind of bounds in religion. It is thought grand and wise to condemn no opinion whatsoever, and to pronounce all ernest and clever teachers to be trustworthy, however heterogenous and mutually destructive their opinions may be."
~ From chapter 1 of Holiness, by J.C. Ryle
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