It would be a relief if the problems described in the previous chapters could be fixed by simply changing the way you think about yourself. But the premise of this book is that the damage caused by our false anthropology is much greater than the sum of our individual beliefs. If everyone in America suddenly acknowledged that they are not their own but belong to God, we would still be left with systems, institutions, practices, and tools that are designed for the sovereign self, and it wouldn’t take long before we found ourselves right back where we started. We cannot evangelize our way out of
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