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What It Means to Follow Jesus: A Lifetime of Conviction, Repentance, and Celebration

Photo by  Kenny Eliason  on  Unsplash I’ve recently discovered something I’ve been wrong about for a long time, and it’s hard for me to admit. I’ve noticed that the older I get, the harder it is to admit I’ve been wrong. Sure, I’ll learn new things, and there’s nothing embarrassing about learning new things, even at my age. But admitting that I’ve been wrong about something I’ve long assumed is downright embarrassing for a man of my mature years. And yet here I am, in the middle of my seventh decade of life, having walked with Christ since I was a small child, just now realizing that I’ve been wrong about something really important for a long time. What is this new and embarrassing discovery? I have come to realize that I’ve been wrong about the Gospel, about the role it plays in my ongoing spiritual life. I’ve come to realize that the way I have approached my spiritual life would lead me to answer “yes” to Paul’s probing question in his letter to the churches o...