"God loves me just the way I am" and "don't ever change" are sentiments rooted more in pop culture than in Scripture — yet they have quietly shaped how many Christians think about their faith. In this episode, Andrea Schwartz and Pastor Charles Roberts examine the crucial biblical doctrine of sanctification and why it demands ongoing transformation rather than comfortable self-acceptance. Drawing on the Westminster Shorter Catechism, personal stories of humbling encounters, and the example of Christ with Zacchaeus, they distinguish between the instantaneous act of justification and the progressive, lifelong work of growing in holiness. The conversation challenges both the antinomian impulse to treat salvation as "one and done" and the Pharisaical tendency to measure our sanctification against other people rather than against God's law. Along the way, they address how believers can hold one another accountable with grace rather than accusation, and why the call to "be perfect as your Father in heaven is perfect" means pursuing maturity, not pretending we have arrived. Listen at cr101radio.com/ootq and subscribe to Out of the Question.

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