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One of our recurring failures is that we have not created communities that offer an alternative reality—the reality of the cross, the reality of a God who brings justice by giving life to the dead. In other words, instead of living as Christ-followers, we have placed a Jesus-label on the destructive patterns of the world.
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J.R. Daniel Kirk (Romans for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Misused, Problematic and Prooftexted Letter in the Bible)
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A large swath of American Christianity has established a narrative in which sexual temptation is the biggest obstacle to living faithfully in Christ. But in reality, violence and power lure far more of us off the narrow path. The way of peace is too difficult. And so, we name the culture we have inherited—the patterns of this world (12:2)—“Christianity,” and count Jesus among its proponents.
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J.R. Daniel Kirk (Romans for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Misused, Problematic and Prooftexted Letter in the Bible)
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Why not judge? Because God has already accepted the person you want to condemn (Romans 14:3).
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J.R. Daniel Kirk (Romans for Normal People: A Guide to the Most Misused, Problematic and Prooftexted Letter in the Bible)