Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago

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Like so many of us, Kerstin Pakka felt herself caught between two lies of the devil: on the front end, there's the lie that says that sin will bring freedom and pleasure, and isn't a big deal. But afterward, he sweeps in with a second lie: your sin has brought so much shame that nobody will ever forgive you for it, especially not God.

Kerstin and JonMarc Grodi discuss why it's so easy to fall prey to this compound deception, and how a true understanding of the love and mercy of God can help us to counter these lies when we are confronted with them.

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