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Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God is unavailable, but you can change that!

We human beings are burdened by our tendencies to harshly judge others and ourselves. Unfortunately for believers, this bent is as prevalent in the church as in the world. Pastor and author Gregory A. Boyd calls readers to a higher standard through understanding the true manner in which God views humanity: as infinitely worthwhile and lovable. Only an attitude shift in how we perceive...

Walking in obedience to God, we are still to detect good and evil, of course. Living in love in no way implies moral relativism. As we shall see in chapter 12, there are selective contexts in which it is appropriate and necessary to share with others and even confront others with our detection of the impact of evil in their lives. But we are not to derive any worth from our detection of good and evil. Nor are we to draw conclusions about people on the basis of it. We are to derive worth from God
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