“strange thing” (Hos. 8:11–12). Believers also endure the effects of sin on the mind, and their minds are in need of renewal (Rom. 12:1–2; Eph. 4:20–24). But as Stephen Moroney remarks, the Bible does not explicitly say how human thinking is corrupted by sin and what the renewal of the mind does to alleviate these effects.54 The human heart is prone to self-deception (Jer. 17:9; cf. Prov. 14:12; 28:26). Interpreters can likewise be guilty of reading texts in self-serving ways. For this reason, biblical
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