The Freedom that Comes from Living in Grace // Discovering Identity // Mark 8:22-25, Romans 12:2// Doug Glynn // 02.23.25
February 23, 2025 Speaker: Doug Glynn Series: Discovering Identity
Topic: Identity, Personal Growth and Recovery Verse: Mark 8:22–25, Romans 12:2
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This week’s sermon contrasts two distinct perspectives on faith: the "sin management" approach, which fixates on our imperfections, and the transformative "grace and identity" perspective, which highlights our inherent identity as saints in Christ. Doug used two visuals in this sermon, that of a blurry lens becoming clear similar to the blind man that is healed by Jesus in Mark 8:22-25 and transformation as Paul writes about in Romans 12:2, like a caterpillar becoming a butterfly. Both of these illustrate how our spiritual development often unfolds in stages as we shift our focus from sin to Jesus and our identity within Him. This cultivates an atmosphere of grace and liberation, facilitating both healing and personal transformation.

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