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Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.

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If we have not seen our sin and sought radical forgiveness from God, we will be unable to forgive and to seek the good of those who have wronged us.
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We are regularly in danger of having too light a view of our sin and also too light a grasp of what Jesus has done to free us from our sin.
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Prayer is the way to experience a powerful confidence that God is handling our lives well, that our bad things will turn out for good, our good things cannot be taken from us, and the best things are yet to come.
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Since they were saved by sheer grace, not by their perfect doctrine or strong moral character.
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Our character is mainly shaped by our primary social community – the people with whom we eat, play, converse, and study.
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All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
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If your god never disagrees with you, you might just be worshipping an idealized version of yourself.
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God relentlessly offers his grace to people who do not deserve it, or seek it, or even appreciate it after they have been saved by it.
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The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it.
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The basic premise of religion– that if you live a good life, things will go well for you– is wrong. Jesus was the most morally upright person who ever lived, yet He had a life filled with the experience of poverty, rejection, injustice, and even torture.
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We were designed to know, serve, and love God supremely – and when we are faithful to that design, we flourish.
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Faith is living out and believing what truth is despite what you feel.
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The resurrection was God’s way of stamping PAID IN FULL right across history so that nobody could miss it.
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Suffering can refine us rather than destroy us because God himself walks with us in the fire.
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In the original language, ‘Fear the Lord’ doesn’t mean be afraid. It means sustaining a joyful, astonished awe, and wonder before Him.
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When love of one’s people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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