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Effective Change through God's Power

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Author
  • John Stott
Categories
  • Spiritual Formation
Illiustration Categories (2)
  • Analogies
  • Background
Keywords (6)
  • Change
  • Faith and Doubt
  • Pessimism
  • Power
  • Receiving God
Scripture (5)
  • Psalm 27:13-14
  • Romans 12:21
  • Genesis 50:20
  • Micah 6:8
  • Isaiah 60:1-3
Date Added
  • Jan 27, 2025

Faith and pessimism are incompatible. To be sure, we are not starry-eyed idealists; we are down to earth realists. We know well that sin is ingrained in human nature and in human society. We are not expecting to build a utopia. But we also know that the gospel has transforming…

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