love is the supreme ethic. Where there is the possibility of love, there must be the reality of free will. Where there is the reality of free will, there will inevitably be the possibility of sin. Where there is sin, there is the need for a
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“You will not find your identity in what you have, but in who has you. You will not find your identity in what you do, but in what has been done for you. And you will not find your identity in what you desire, but in who has desired—at infinite cost to Himself—a relationship with you.”
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
“Make no mistake about it—Jesus extended his holy invitation for rest to you. You are not the grand exception in history that God cannot or will not love. You have not gone so far that he can’t or won’t forgive you. When Jesus spoke this invitation, he didn’t aim it just at the really good people or the really pretty people or the really churchy people. He aimed it at the spiritually broken.”
― 10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them
― 10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them
“Jesus did the job that you couldn’t do, and He is faithful to keep you. You didn’t save yourself, and you can’t keep yourself saved. You are a Son and not a slave. You don’t owe God anything; absolutely nothing. You never did. He was never banking on you to make up for your failures and faults. He took care of those long before you ever realized it.”
― It is Finished: Why you can quit religion and trust in Jesus
― It is Finished: Why you can quit religion and trust in Jesus
“The moment we call out to Him, we find ourselves already saved. Just as there is no earthly or heavenly power that can separate us from His love, so there is no earthly or heavenly power that can delay or prolong the rescue mission by which we are transformed.”
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
“you have a habit of being quick to place people into categories of right and wrong, holy and profane, then what I hope is that you will first examine yourself.”
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
― The Truest Thing about You: Identity, Desire, and Why It All Matters
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