subservient, that to refuse to claim their own identity is a virtue.”14 These suffer twice: first by being belittled and then by being made complacent about their suffering. The distortions caused by sin take many forms and result in much suffering. Moreover, the effects of sin are complex and inescapable; people are both sinners and sinned against. Though appearing in many different forms, sin and its consequences account for most of the reasons why people cannot come to God in faithful worship.