We've all heard it. Someone walks up to a stranger, or stands before a congregation, or posts it on social media with a glowing sunset behind it: "Jesus will change your life." And in a certain sense, yes — the Bible does speak of inner transformation, of being a "new creation," of having the mind renewed. But the way this phrase gets used in popular Christian culture often promises something the Bible simply does not guarantee. And that gap between the promise and the reality has caused more than a few people to walk away from the faith when life didn't get better. It got worse.

So let's be honest about what the Bible actually says — and what it doesn't.

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