It's been said that there are really only two kinds of religions ones based on earned favor works and the one based on unearned favor grace All religions including many Christian traditions fall into the former while only biblical Christianity is based on the latter In other words one either puts their trust in their own works or Christ's work in self-righteousness or Christ-righteousness Mixing the two still keeps one in the first category of works-righteousness This distinction was made clear recently when two of the sharpest minds one a Jew radio host Dennis Prager and the other a Christian
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