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When the people of God abandoned the covenant of love and fidelity, drawn as we are by the appeal of shallow, empty pleasures, God removed every possible obstruction to the covenant by being faithful for us, by becoming like us and subjecting Himself to the very worst within us, loving us all the way to the cross and all the way out of the grave.

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We could not become like God, so God became like us. God showed us how to heal instead of kill, how to mend instead of destroy, how to love instead o…

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Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Image if every church became a place where we told one anot…

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Faith isn't about having everything figured out ahead of time; faith is about following the quiet voice of God without having everything figured out …

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But the gospel doesn't need a coalition devoted to keeping the wrong people out. It needs a family of sinners, saved by grace, committed to tearing d…

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One of the most destructive mistakes we Christians make is to prioritize shared beliefs over shared relationship, which is deeply ironic considering …

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No step taken in faith is wasted, not by a God who makes all things new.

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Christianity isn't meant to simply be believed; it's meant to be lived, shared, eaten, spoken, and enacted in the presence of other people.

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What makes the Gospel offensive isn’t who it keeps out, but who it lets in.

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Sometimes you have to be forced away from your work to realize youve made too much of it, to remember it doesnt define you.

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