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In this episode of Ask Paul Tripp, Paul answers three questions.

Here's Paul answering the first submitted by Kathy.

Can followers of Christ practice yoga? So I can't answer this question about Christians in yoga without putting it in its theological context, and that is the theology of God's common grace.

Every human being experiences God's grace every day.

Because God loves us, because it's a God of tender, faithful mercy, he allows bad people to do good things,

fallen people to make wise contributions so that life would be livable for us.

Let me give you one of the, one of the,

clearest examples of common grace that we all, we all experience,

that selfish people who don't love God

have no reason to do anything else but love themselves, generally are willing

to obey traffic laws. You know, if God would remove his grace, the most dangerous thing

you could ever do is get in a car and drive.

But God restrains us.

God gives a surgeon who repudiates the Lord the ability to discover things in the human body

that bring healing to thousands and thousands of people.

So I'm always going to be in this tension

where I will need the wisdom of people. I will be blessed by the wisdom of people.

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