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Christianity does not provide the reason for each experience of pain, but it does provide deep resources for actually facing suffering with hope and courage rather than bitterness and despair

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The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe.
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This is the humbling truth that lies at the heart of Christianity. We love to be our own saviors. Our hearts love to manufacture glory for themselves.
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Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
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If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol.
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After creation God said, ‘It is finished’-and he rested. After redemption Jesus said, ‘It is finished’-and we can rest.
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It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended.
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Christians need the gospel as much as non-Christians do.
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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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The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life.
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It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
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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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The Gospel is that Jesus Christ came to earth, lived the life we should have lived and died the death we should have died.
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Christians tend to motivate others with guilt. We tend to say: You would do this if you were really committed Christians, indicating that we are committed and all that is needed is for others to become as good as we are!
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How does Satan accuse us? By causing us to look at our sin rather than our Savior.
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If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations.
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Suffering is unbearable if you aren’t certain that God is for you and with you.
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