Have you ever thought about how your theology is influencing you?

This episode explores how many Christians have unknowingly built their theology around sin management rather than grace. Bill and Scott reflect on the harm caused by striving to become godly instead of trusting who God already says we are. Through personal stories and heartfelt reflection, they reveal that transformation begins not with working on sin, but with receiving and living from love.

Topics Bill Thrall and Scott Boyd discuss in this episode: 

(00:03) The idea that theology shapes how people see themselves and God.

(01:15) How sin management creates pride or despair, depending on whether someone feels they’re “winning” or “failing” at holiness.

(02:43) How striving to sin less never works; instead, love naturally reduces sin’s grip.

(05:49) A personal story about how sin management led to painful separation from friends in pursuit of false godliness.

(09:38) The discussion exposes how fear-based theology leads Christians to isolate from the world rather than engage it with grace.

(13:12) How legalism grows from a theology that refuses to see saints as saints.

(15:27) Sin management never touches our reality—only grace does.

(16:03) Scott shares a personal story about how grace began transforming him during his wife’s cancer journey.

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