Shame is the stain on our identity left by sin and God's family is the context in which He brings restoration to who we are.

The Bible is explicit about the true nature of those who have been redeemed by Jesus. In this message Peter shares about what is normal, truly human behaviour, and how God would have us live out of it.

Fallen Anthropology Peter Sondergeld Restoring Humanity - God's Work and Ours 2 Something tragic has happened. The pristine humanity that God created has been marred and stained. Though there are still remnants of who we were in the beginning, there is a side to us that defaces the humanity in us and the people around us. Peter talks about who we have become as a result of our turning our backs on God.

In the first part of the Restoring Humanity series Peter looks at how humanity was originally created. If human flourishing is to be restored we will need to be clear about how humanity was originally made.

In this Psalm, we see King David responding to his sin with Bathsheba as described in 2 Samuel 11. From David’s reflections, we learn about the nature of sin and how we should respond to it, living lives as broken and contrite people in the face of sin.