(Paid Subscriber Bonus) When Resolutions Fail – but Grace Does Not

Why willpower alone can’t change us, and how Christ meets us in the habits we can’t shake

Every January, millions of us make promises to ourselves.

We’ll start eating better, spending less, exercising more. We’ll stop comparing, complaining, or procrastinating. We’ll pray every morning, read through the Bible, forgive that person, lose that weight, or stop losing our temper.

And yet, by February—or sooner—many of those promises begin to fray. …