At the same time, Christianity refuses to reduce individuals to their communities, as postmodernism does. Christians are reborn into a redeemed community that transcends all natural communities. Even the family, the most basic biological community, does not determine our primary identity. All who become Christians are “children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will [to have a child], but born of God” (John 1:12–13 NIV). The Bible’s liberating message is the promise that we can transcend the sin and brokenness of our natural communities because
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