If your identity has actually changed, then failure cannot define you anymore. It can only contradict who you are. This is why the primary issue is not behavior. It is identity. Sin has been reduced to something we do, but in Scripture, it...
In modern Christianity, sin is often viewed entirely as behavior, actions, or moral failure. In other words, sin is primarily understood as something people do. That perspective pushes many believers toward legal and punitive frameworks...
Scripture does not say that you are in the process of dying to your old nature. It says it has already happened. "Our old self was crucified with Him" (Romans 6:6). That is not a goal to pursue. That is a reality to believe. Over and over...
Once a person believes that God is distant, striving becomes inevitable. Not because they are rebellious, but because they are sincere. They want to be close. They want to be right. They want to restore what they believe has been lost...
What if we have misunderstood how God relates to humanity, particularly in the presence of sin? Much of what people believe is built around the idea of distance, that sin creates separation, that failure causes God to withdraw, and that...
