Sin
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Updated
July 25, 2007
The
book, Significa, tells of Sir Henry Morgan, the famous pirate, who once
won a libel suit against a man who called him — of all things — a
pirate. The man was John Esquemeling, one of Morgan's former crew members. In
a book entitled, Buccaneers in America, he told of Morgan and his men
killing, burning, raping and pillaging. In the court's settlement, Morgan won
200 pounds and an apology. The publisher and author apologized for claims that
have all later been historically verified. While none of us wants to be known
as a sinner, that is what we are. We can deny it, or we can repent of it, and
be made whole.
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J.
Michael Shannon is professor of preaching at Cincinnati Bible College in Cincinnati,
OH.