Tragically, some people believe they are going to heaven when they die just because a few drops of water were sprinkled over their heads a few weeks after their birth. They have no personal faith, have never made a personal decision, and are banking on a hollow ceremony to save them. How absurd.
Max LucadoBeing religious without knowing the cross is like owning a Mercedes with no motor. Pretty package, but where is your power?
Max LucadoYour goal is not to know every detail of the future. Your goal is to hold the hand of the One who does and never, ever let go.
Max LucadoTheres some inherently unique characteristics of Christianity, the chief of which is that Christianity teaches that we are saved by what Christ has done for us, instead of we are saved by what we do for God.
Max LucadoChrist lived the life we could not live and took the punishment we could not take to offer the hope we cannot resist.
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