Emphasis Preaching Journal
We do not like to acknowledge...
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We do not like to acknowledge our sin. This is evident in our confidence that we are good enough to do a sufficient number of works to earn salvation. Such attitudes were reflected in a 2001 Barna Research Group poll indicating that 7 in 10 Americans believed that we must do works to be saved. No doubt little has changed regarding these attitudes in the last decade.
In fact, we human beings are self-addicts, unable to act or love selflessly. It is as Martin Luther once wrote:
In fact, we human beings are self-addicts, unable to act or love selflessly. It is as Martin Luther once wrote:
