A Conversation About Self-Improvement, Identity, and the Power of Resurrection Life

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
“You died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” – Colossians 3:3

A Conversation About Nearness, Obedience, and the Intimacy Already Ours in Christ

“The one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” – 1 Corinthians 6:17
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Hebrews 13:5

A Conversation About Motivation, Ministry, and the Quiet Leading of Christ Within

“The love of Christ compels us…” – 2 Corinthians 5:14
“It is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace…” – Hebrews 13:9

A Conversation About Letting Go, Trusting Christ, and Living Free

“Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” – 2 Corinthians 3:17
“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free… walk by the Spirit.” – Galatians 5:1, 16

A Conversation About Accountability, Intimacy, and the Indwelling Christ

“In Him we live and move and have our being.” – Acts 17:28
“Christ in you, the hope of glory.” – Colossians 1:27

A Conversation About Ministry, Motives, and Letting Christ Serve Through You

“Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord… knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward.” – Colossians 3:23–24
“I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” – Galatians 2:20

A Conversation About the True Source of Spiritual Growth

“But we all… beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory…” – 2 Corinthians 3:18
“Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith…” – Hebrews 12:2

A Conversation About Identity, Growth, and the Finished Work of Christ

“If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.” – 2 Corinthians 5:17
“You have put off the old self… and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its Creator.” – Colossians 3:9–10

A Conversation About Sin, Guilt, and the Kindness That Leads Us Home

“There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” – Romans 8:1
“God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance.” – Romans 2:4

A Conversation About Temptation, Struggle, and the Victory Already Living Within

“Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” – Galatians 5:16
“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” – 1 Corinthians 15:57

A Conversation About Faith, Pressure, and the Faithfulness of Christ in You

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith…” – Hebrews 12:2
“I live by faith in the Son of God…” – Galatians 2:20

Many in the "imitate Christ" camp are rightly guarding against passivity and antinomianism. They fear that if we’re not careful, grace can become a license for inaction or a mystic passivity that avoids the commands of Scripture. They want to ensure:

• Obedience is practiced

• Holiness is pursued

• Scripture’s imperatives are honored

• The Gospel is not reduced to a feeling of rest, but results in a fruitful life

Their critiques often come from a sincere desire to uphold biblical responsibility.

A Conversation About Growth, Fruit, and the Grace That Carries Us

“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in Me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from Me you can do nothing.” – John 15:5
“So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in Him…” – Colossians 2:6

A Grace-Centered Conversation on the Heart Behind Surrender

“We love because He first loved us.” – 1 John 4:19
“I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice…” – Romans 12:1

A Grace-Filled Conversation About Obedience, Effort, and Christ Within

“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.” – John 14:15
“I have been crucified with Christ… and the life I now live… I live by faith in the Son of God.” – Galatians 2:20

A Conversation About Purpose, Pressure, and the Privilege of Union

“Come to Me… and I will give you rest.” – Matthew 11:28
“We are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works… which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” – Ephesians 2:10

A Grace-Filled Conversation About the Real Source of Christian Living

“Apart from Me, you can do nothing.” – John 15:5
“To them God has chosen to make known… this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” – Colossians 1:27

A Candid Conversation About Change, Mental Patterns, and Spirit-Led Renewal

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…” – Romans 12:2
“The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.” – Romans 8:6

A Conversation on Sanctification, Self-Effort, and the Power of Yielding to Christ

“Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” – Galatians 3:3
“But we all… are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.” – 2 Corinthians 3:18

A Grace-Centered Dialogue on Surrender, Self-Identity, and the Life of Christ in You

“If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” – Luke 9:23
“You have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” – Colossians 3:3