2 + 2 = 5

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Tip-Off #26 - Broken and Glad

Tip-Off #26 - Broken and Glad

“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Matthew 5:48

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Jun 11, 2022
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“Perfect” here doesn't mean perfect but “whole”… complete, undivided. It doesn't mean the absence of what's wrong but its recognition. When Luther said, “Sin boldly,” he wasn't condoning sin but deploring dishonesty, challenging self-righteousness.

It belongs to the imperfection of everything that we can only attain the best by passing through its opposi…

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