As I crossed the great divide of puberty, I formed a vivid image of God. He was a grumpy old man with a frown on His face. Every time anyone tried to have a little fun, He’d shout “Thou shalt not!”
But to really live and not just exist, you had to do the daring, “sinful” things. What the Bible calls “sin” is where the action is.
This is what I was taught in the movies I watched and the books I read. It’s what I heard in the locker room and in the checkout…