Self-denial, shared burdens and total surrender: A Good Friday reflection
“Jesus doesn’t put the word ‘self’ in front of ‘identity,’ but in front of ‘denial.’” Those words, spoken by Sam Allberry last week during a panel discussion at The Gospel Coalition’s National Conference, gripped me. In our current culture, saturated with quests for self-esteem and self-definition, even the church sometimes falls into the trap of …
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