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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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If you didn't earn your salvation how are you going to un-earn it?
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If you come to recognize the beliefs on which your doubts about Christianity are based, and if you seek as much proof for those beliefs as you seek from Christians for theirs - you will discover that your doubts are not as solid as they first appeared.
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