Society preaches three seemingly innocent phrases: β€œBe true to yourself;” β€œYou be you;” and β€œYou do you.” They all communicate the same philosophy: everyone should unapologetically do what he or she wants, because that’s the path to freedom. Dr. Sri argues how much more freeing and incredible it is to follow the call of the Christian Gospel, which shows us how we are most true to ourselves when we die to ourselves and β€œput on Christ.”

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The world tells us β€œyou be you,” but Jesus didn’t die so that I could just be me … he died so that I could become like him.Β Β 

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