Finding Freedom from the Burden of Religiosity

The Christian faith is often depicted as an elimination diet, wherein people carry the notion that salvation is a product of expunging their weaknesses and sin for the sake of perfection. Thereby, what it means to be Christian is ultimately associated with an unrelatable, picture-perfect faith that many hopeful believers try to imitate, only to fall victim to impostor syndrome. However, the silver lining that resides in the human conflict between flesh and spirit reveals that development of a genuine faith is a process involving our struggle with our natural proclivities and our need for grace. An authentic faith models our necessity for Christ. The gospel saves us, not because we are able to achieve any semblance of perfection by our own doing, but because from where we stand and just the way we are, the true hero of the story finds and saves us time and time again.