Petition Text: 21637-LC-102-D

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Amend ¶ 102:

The biblical story is marred by disregarded covenants and disrupted moral order, by sin and rebellion, with the resulting tragedies of alienation, oppression, and disorder, and spiritual death. In the gospel of the new covenant, God in Christ has provided a new basis for reconciliation: justification by grace through faith and birth into a new life in the Holy Spirit. This gift, marked by growth toward wholeness of life, is revealed and made possible in Christ, ...

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Petition Text: 21637-LC-102-D
1996 United Methodist General Conference