[Jeff Chandler]

I had an argument once with a Born Again preacher. He insisted there are no degrees of sin and the family who lied to the Nazis to shield Jews committed as great a sin as the Nazis who murdered them.

I contend that God never intended us to turn off our brains.

[ealgeone]

I had an argument once with a Born Again preacher. He insisted there are no degrees of sin and the family who lied to the Nazis to shield Jews committed as great a sin as the Nazis who murdered them.

Do the Scriptures allow a "degree of sin" in regards to lying?