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Timmy Brister provides ten contrasts between grace filled Christian communities and moral driven church groupings.
Here are a few examples, read the rest of his post for the others.

A grace saturated community will . . .

* have a warm disposition to the very worst of sinners (while moral community often be cold and careful to avoid people with big “messes”)
* show no pressure to perform or pretend; you are set free from lying about yourself (while moral community often centers on religious performance and convincing one another we are better than we really are)
* center the conversations Christ and making much of His life, death, and resurrection and how our identity is firmly and fully secured in Him (while moral community will make conversations much about oneself and how their identity is wrapped up in what they do, who they are not, and why others ought to esteem them)
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