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"Naomi and the friends of Job seem to have based their understanding and expectations of God on the law of Moses, which promised blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. But actually, what we see again and again, from the beginning to the end of the Bible, is that God repeatedly gives his people what they don’t deserve. It’s called grace." — Sep 08, 2025 02:11PM
"Naomi and the friends of Job seem to have based their understanding and expectations of God on the law of Moses, which promised blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. But actually, what we see again and again, from the beginning to the end of the Bible, is that God repeatedly gives his people what they don’t deserve. It’s called grace." — Sep 08, 2025 02:11PM
and so she sees herself more in need of healing than redemption. She is blind to how demanding, critical, and self-absorbed she actually is. Without realizing it, Jen has redefined the problem that the gospel addresses. Rather than seeing
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“We have not forsaken the faith, but we may have redefined it in ways that are fundamentally different from the gospel laid out in Scripture. This redefinition of the faith does not happen all at once. It may not even surface in the public theological discussions of the church. Rather, the redefinition is a process of subtle steps at the practical level of the church’s fellowship, life, and ministry. Hope in Christ gets replaced with Christian activity, emotional experiences, Christian fellowship, or something else, without anyone consciously redefining or forsaking the faith.”
― How People Change
― How People Change
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