Contributed by Kevin Ruffcorn on Apr 28, 2008
                    
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    God doesn’t expect us to be perfect--God knows us better than that. God does encourage us, though, to acknowledge our sin, seek to turn away from our rebelliousness, and received God’s forgiveness.
                
                    
                        Psalm 51:1-19     “A Merciful God”
INTRODUCTION
For decades, the church has focused on sin. Preachers appear to have taken delight in telling the members of their congregation how bad and sinful they were. The theme seemed to be, “If it felt good, then it had to be bad.” Congregational members
                        
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