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You are under-qualified for the job of God.

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The gospel destroys pride because it tells us we are so lost that Jesus had to die for us.
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The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.
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A god of less wrath than the God of the Bible is necessarily a god of less love. His anger is a product of his love.
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The Gospel worldview equips the artist with a unique combination of optimism and realism about life.
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Like a baby learning language, we learn how to communicate with God by listening to His words first.
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We are free to fight sin, and free to win but we must still fight.
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Christianity is not just for the strong it's for everyone.
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All life-changing love is inconvenient.
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Marriage is so much like salvation and our relationship with Christ that you can’t understand marriage w/o looking at the gospel.
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Nothing we formulate or do can qualify us for access to God. Only grace can do that- based not on our performance but on the saving work of Christ.
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It is impossible to forgive someone if you feel superior to him or her.
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Prayer can be simple, but it's not easy. Nothing great is.
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When we try and use fear or pride to stop from sinning, we are forgetting that we sin because of either fear or pride.
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We think that idols are bad things, but that is almost never the case. The greater the good, the more likely we are to expect that it can satisfy our deepest needs and hopes. Anything can serve as a counterfeit god, especially the very best things in life.
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