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If The Gospel Isn't Good News For Everybody, Then It Isn't Good News For Anybody. And This Is Because The Most Powerful Things Happen When The Church Surrenders Its Desire To Convert People And Convince Them To Join. It Is When The Church Gives Itself Away In Radical Acts Of Service And Compassion, Expecting Nothing In Return, That The Way Of Jesus Is Most Vividly Put On Display.

When The Lab Rats Hear The Bell Ringing, They Freeze. That's What Fear Does To You - Fear Stops You Dead In Your Tracks. Fear Can Keep You From Harm, But Fear Can Also Rob You Of Your Potential. Fear Can Rob You Of An Experience. Fear Can Rob You Of Happiness. Fear Can Rob You Of Real Life... Darkness Has A Way Of Scaring Us.

It Is Trusting That I Am Loved. That I Always Have Been. That I Always Will Be. I Don't Have To Do Anything. I Don't Have To Prove Anything, Or Achieve Anything, Or Accomplish One More Thing. That, Exactly As I Am, I Am Totally Accepted, Forgiven, And There Is Nothing I Could Ever Do To Lose This Acceptance.

Any Time Someone Makes You Feel Guilty About How You Are Living, That Is Part Of The Old System (pre-christ).

I Believe Our World Desperately Needs Good News.