"Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again."
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"We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture."
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"Bad evangelism says: I'm right, you're wrong, and I would love to tell you about it"
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"How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship"
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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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"If you don't feel like praying, pray to God to give you the desire."
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"The prerequisite for receiving the grace of God is to know you need it."
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"We have to be careful not to elevate our preferences to moral standards and judge others by them. We only do so to feel superior."
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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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"If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing."
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"Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the prophets, however, saves completely by grace. He cannot be manipulated by religious and moral performance--he can only be reached through repentance, through the giving up of power. If we are saved by sheer grace we can only become grateful, willing servants of God and of everyone around us."
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"If you add anything to Jesus as a requirement for being happy, that's your real king."
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"We only fully grasp the gospel when we understand, as Paul did, that we are the worst sinner we know"
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"We can only grasp the gospel's sweetness if we first grapple with its offense- you can't save yourself."
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"God made you to love him supremely, but he lost you. He returned to get you back, but it took the cross to do it. He absorbed your darkness so that one day you can finally and dazzlingly become your true self and take your seat at his eternal feast."
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"The ministry of mercy, then, is the best advertising a church can have. It convinces a community that this church provides people with actions for their problems, not only talk. It shows the community that this church is compassionate."
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"The essence of Christian obedience is not do’s and don’ts but personal allegiance to Jesus."
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"Change won’t happen through ‘trying harder’ but only through encountering the radical grace of God."
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"Grace is humbling and restorative. It pulls you down because Christ had to die for you, but also lifts you up because he wanted to die for you."
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"Only if you are part of a community of believers seeking to resemble, serve, and love Jesus will you ever get to know him and grow into his likeness."
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