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“The Bible does not deny that we were various things—addicts, homosexuals, hateful, prideful, pornographic masturbators—but that is what we were (past tense) (1 Cor. 6:9-11; Titus 3:3-5). The emphasis in Scripture is on what we are and what we are called to be. The Christian does not say, Hello, my name is _____ and I am an X Y or Z.” The Christian says I was dead, but now I am alive. The Christian says I am a struggling sinner, yet I am a saint. The Christians says I am a new creation; I am transformed.”
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“Desires for things God has forbidden are a reflection of how sin has distorted me, not how God has made me.”
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“If marriage shows us the shape of the gospel, singleness shows us its sufficiency.”
― 7 Myths about Singleness
― 7 Myths about Singleness

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