with awesome privileges and responsibilities. To choose sin rather than God is a high crime indeed. While hell is in a sense an awful reality, sin is actually the ultimate horror of God’s universe. Hell is the punishment, but sin is the crime. Which is worse, murder or the life sentence? Obviously, the crime is worse than the punishment. The Bible is clear: sin is inherently against God, who is infinite in all his perfections. Sin, then, is an infinite evil and merits endless punishment. So from