"When we sin, we are judged because in that moment of choosing sin we are actually electing the absence of God in our lives at that point. You see, [sin and salvation are] always relational. Sin separates us from God--that’s the point--sin is our embrace of the absence of God in our lives."
[Citation: Dr. Timothy Tennent at the MOVE! Conference, September 14th, 2010, at Estes Chapel, in Wilmore, Kentucky, Published on Asbury Theological Seminary (http://www.asburyseminary.edu)]