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Too many Christians have used the word “sin” like a club to beat up other people. “Love the sinner, hate the sin,” in particular, has become code language for a kinder, gentler homophobia.

But sin is not just sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. It describes the systems of destruction and self-destruction in which we are all complicit: racism, exploitation of the planet, gun violence—stuff most churches shy away from talking about. Jesus didn't shy away from talking about sin—especially the sin of religious people.

But the whole point of talking about sin is to lift up the alternative. Life in the kingdom is about liberation, justice, and healing. That’s what this song is about.

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There’s sinning in the needle
and sinning in the glass
There’s sin that sells us everything
with sexy photographs

There’s sinning in the bedroom
And in the boardroom, too
There’s sinning from the pulpit
in what they’ll say to you

But grace is greater than all our sin
But grace will conquer all our sin.

We sin in what we do
And what we leave undone
We worship praise and holidays,
the dollar and the gun

And in the name of Jesus
we’ll tell you who we hate
We’ll use our faith and politics,
Lord, to discriminate

But grace is greater than all our sin.
But grace will conquer all our sin.

I hear there is a kingdom
It’s coming any day
Where wounded folks find healing
and their sins are washed away.

Lord, in the arc of history
bring justice to our land.
And give us all the courage
to love they way you can.

‘Cause grace is greater than all our sin
Grace will conquer all our sin.

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from Nothing Can Stop God's Love, released December 13, 2015

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