Rejoicing and repentance must go together. Repentance without rejoicing will lead to despair. Rejoicing without repentance is shallow and will only provide passing inspiration instead of deep change.
- Timothy Keller
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Christianity does not provide the reason for
each experience of pain,
but it does provide deep resources for actually facing... There are many ways to cover up our sin. We may justify or minimize it by blaming circumstances... Fear-based repentance makes us hate ourselves. Joy-based repentance makes us hate the sin.
The Christian Gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I... Legalistic remorse says, “I broke God’s rules,” while real repentance says, “I broke God’s heart.”
Without the gospel we hate ourselves instead of our sin. Without the gospel we’re motivated through all sorts... Tolerance isn’t about not having beliefs. It’s about how your beliefs lead you to treat people who disagree... As long as we think we are not that bad, the idea of grace will never change us.
Some suffering is given in order to chastise and correct a person for wrongful patterns of life (as... Christianity teaches that, contra fatalism, suffering is overwhelming; contra Buddhism, suffering is real; contra karma, suffering is often... The more you understand how your salvation isn’t about your behavior, the more radically your behavior will change.
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But... The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God’s will to mine, but to mold my will... The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet... Jesus didn’t come to tell us the answers to the questions of life, he came to be the...
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