AI OVERVIEW: Self-denial is an overall settled condition of life in the kingdom of God, described as death to self, and the ruined life is not to be enhanced but replaced. It reorganizes every dimension of the self—will, mind, body, relationships, and soul—so that the will chooses what is good, the mind is renewed, and the body serves the true life in Christ. Jesus says that those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for his sake will save it; takeaway, do one thing today you do not want to do, to begin replacing the ruined life.
YOUTUBE DESCRIPTION: Is Christianity about becoming a better version of yourself? In this episode, John Ortberg explores one of Dallas Willard's most challenging and hope-filled ideas from The Renovation of the Heart: the ruined life isn't meant to be enhanced, but replaced. Discover why self-denial...
