Doug Phillips on The New vs. The Old in Our New Life with Christ

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Sometimes it's helpful for me to try to get the "big picture." That's what I've tried to do in the following summary of essential characteristics of the authentic Christian life.

And one valuable way of summarizing the Christian life is by looking at the antitheses of the godliness. The pursuit of holiness is a journey of ongoing repentance that keeps us "putting off the old" as we simultaneously seek to "put on the new" (Eph. 4:22-24; Col.3: 9-12ff.). As J.I...