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God became someone we could hurt. Why? To get us back… No other religion-whethe r secularism, Greco-Roman paganism, Eastern religion, Judaism, or Islam-believes God became breakable or suffered or had a body.

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The lack of joy in your life is due to your lack of mission.
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When we grasp that we are unworthy sinners saved by an infinitely costly grace, it destroys both our self-righteousn ess and our need to ridicule others.
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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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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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We tend to see God as a means through which we get things to make us happy. For most of us, He has not become our happiness.
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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn’t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you.
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The purpose of Jesus’s coming is to put the whole world right, to renew and restore the creation, not to escape it.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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When we worry we are saying, ‘I know the way my life is supposed to go, and God’s not getting it right’.
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Religion operates on the principle ‘I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.’ But the operating principle of the gospel is ‘I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.’
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How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship
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To fear the Lord is to be overwhelmed with wonder before the greatness of God and his love.
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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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Those who understand the gospel cannot possibly look down on anyone.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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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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There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
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In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.
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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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Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
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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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The only person who dares wake up a king at 3:00 AM for a glass of water is a child. We have that kind of access
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Money isn’t an idol. It just shows you where your idols are.
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The key question in order to change you is not ‘What would Jesus do?’ but “What has Jesus done for you?”
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When Job was prospering, he prayed. When he was suffering, he still prayed.
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Nothing is more important than to learn how to maintain a life of purpose in the midst of painful adversity.
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