The Truth About Us: Brant Hansen
FamilyLife Today®
FamilyLife Network
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
What would happen if you admitted you weren't a good person? From priests to prisoners, nearly everyone thinks they're morally better than average. Why change our minds? Why admit the truth about ourselves? Author and radio host Brant Hansen shows what happens when we fight our own self-righteousness—and embrace the truth about us.
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| 0:00.6 | No one's good but God. |
| 0:02.5 | Once you finally internalize that, |
| 0:04.7 | you lean on him because you realize, |
| 0:06.7 | I'm not always seeing things clearly. |
| 0:08.4 | There's a way that seems right to me, |
| 0:09.9 | but it might lead to death. |
| 0:11.6 | Jesus himself is saying, |
| 0:12.7 | you all have a self-righteousness problem. |
| 0:15.2 | You're justifying yourself, you can't do it. |
| 0:18.4 | You can't, so if one of you, he turns to a crowd. |
| 0:21.0 | He's in a crowd. |
| 0:21.8 | If one of you will repent, rethink literally what that means. |
| 0:26.1 | Humble yourself. |
| 0:27.4 | All of heaven will party. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome to Family Life Today, |
| 0:41.2 | where we want to help you pursue |
| 0:42.6 | the relationships that matter most. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm Dave Wilson. |
| 0:45.4 | And I'm Ann Wilson, |
| 0:46.5 | and you can find us at familylifetoday.com, |
| 0:49.6 | or on the Family Life app. |
| 0:51.6 | This is Family Life Today. |
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