are all sinners sinners? repentant vs unconverted sinners
summary: most usage of sinners are real sinners, but some are not e.g. paul "sinners of whom i am chief" (1 Timothy 1:15) & john the baptist "How could he, a sinner, baptize the Sinless One?" {DA 110.1} data: 377 index entries of the word sinner/sinners by egwestate in the Comprehensive Index to EGW Writings (4 volumes) to get an overview, not to give excuse, but to consider all usage https://a.aolis.aup.edu.ph/egwcindex/egwtopicalsearch5.php?start=566&s=sinner&limit=377 prompt: how many percent of the sinner / sinner indexed usage refers to somebody who is actually good/righteous/repentant? thought process: **Analyzing the "Sinner" Index** I'm focusing now on understanding the user's ultimate goal: determining the percentage of "Sinner/Sinners" index entries that actually point to people. This involves careful parsing of the text and then a deep examination of each instance in the text to see if the index item clearly refer...