Increasingly, I'm coming to believe that fear is at the heart of all sin and disaffection. Fear that God will not be enough for us; fear that the identity we've been given is somehow incomplete.

Jonathan Martin
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When we look at the lives of people who make poor decisions, we often see at the root of their problems fear. It is fear of God and fear of other humans that drives them to make poor decisions.

Source: Prototype: What Happens When You Discover Youre More Like Jesus Than You Think?

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