It is true that modern people, stuck with selves that are more like water than ice, tend to obsessively try out different cups and glasses to give form to our lives. You might “find your identity” in being physically fit or in advocating for a particular social justice cause or in a theology or a style of music—all different kinds of glasses and cups. The danger for Christians who urge others to find their identity in Christ is that most modern people have a secular understanding of identity, one rooted in that contemporary anthropology, where identity has more to do with lifestyle and image
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