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Pastor Billy McKillop discusses the importance of understanding one's identity through the lens of grace and the gospel as illustrated by Paul's conversion story.

Send us Fan Mail Paul’s conversion story in Galatians 1:11–24 teaches us something powerful about identity—you’ve got to know the Source you’re drawing from. Paul declares that the gospel he preached didn’t come from human classrooms, human approval, or human imagination. It came straight from Jesus Christ Himself. Before Christ arrested his life, Paul was caught in the grind of religious performance—climbing ladders, chasing titles, measuring his worth by his résumé. His identity was built o...

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Host: Michael Tolliver

Guest: Billy McKillop

Topics covered

• identity
• grace
• gospel
• religious performance
• conversion
• Christianity

Keywords

• identity
• grace
• gospel
• Paul
• conversion
• Christianity
• religious performance

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Books & works: Galatians

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