The first extreme view says, I am totally bad. I am terribly sinful and no good thing dwells inside me (see Romans 7:18). The other extreme declares, I am totally good. I am a new creation in Christ, a saint who is wonderfully and uniquely made (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Psalm 139:14). Both views have elements of truth in them, but holding to one without the other leads us into a biblical distortion. To have a healthy perspective on the shadow, we have to hold both together in a healthy tension.
