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" The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies. "

Lewis B. Smedes

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" Retributive justice did not arise from any Christian principle; almost every pre-Christian society dealt with wrongdoers by causing them pain. "

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" At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son. "

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" God does not give us salvation because we believe. Our believing is only the normal way of receiving the salvation he freely gives. "

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