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Religion: ‘My identity is built on being a good person.’ Gospel: ‘My identity is not built on my record or my performance but on Christ’s.’

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To discover the real you, look at what you spend time thinking about when no one is looking.
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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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This leads to deep humility and deep confidence at the same time. It undermines both swaggering and sniveling. I cannot feel superior to anyone, and yet I have nothing to prove to anyone. I do not think more of myself nor less of myself. Instead, I think of myself less.
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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, ‘My life for your life.
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Jesus warns people far more often about greed than about sex, yet almost no one thinks they are guilty of it.
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Pride is the carbon-monoxide of Sin. It silently and slowly kills you without you even knowing.
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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Yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.
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The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
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