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The key question in order to change you is not 'What would Jesus do?' but What has Jesus done for you?

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If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said if he didn't rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.
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Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin.
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To be a Christian is a standing, a legal position. It means to be a child of God. You are or you are not, there is no try.
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Prayer is continuing a conversation that God has started through his Word and his grace, which eventually becomes a full encounter with him.
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When love of one's people becomes an absolute, it turns into racism. When love of equality turns into a supreme thing, it can result in hatred and violence toward anyone who has led a privileged life. It is the settled tendency of human societies to turn good political causes into counterfeit gods.
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Jesus experienced homelessness at Christmas so that we could experience a love we could never lose.
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Pride is that which claims to be the author of what is really a gift.
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We are so quick to tweet, Facebook, and Instagram but we treat prayer with a sense of delay?
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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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Religion says earn your life. Secular society says create your life. Jesus says, 'My life for your life.
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If you say: I believed in God, I trusted God and He didn't come through - You only trusted God to meet your agenda.
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The future is already won, and the more hostile the culture, the easier it is to communicate the difference of Christianity.
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The church does not simply have a missions department it should wholly exist to be a mission.
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Jesus Christ was treated as we deserved so that when we believe in Jesus, God treats us as Jesus deserves.
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The Gospel is the deepest consolation you can offer to the human heart.
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To say doctrine doesn't matter, only how you live matters, is itself a doctrine. It's the doctrine of salvation by works.
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You dont fall into love. You commit to it. Love is saying I will be there no matter what.
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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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The world can’t save itself. That’s the message of Christmas.
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God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
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