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Overview

Christianity Today managing editor Mark Galli makes a startling statement: Christians shouldn't imitate Christ. In fact, "unseemly things happen when the culture gets a hankering to be like Jesus." Jesus was the perfect man, and we could ask for no better example. Still, there's a difference between following an example and foolishly attempting to copy the original.

Table of Contents

LEADER'S GUIDE

    • Identify the Current Issue

    • Discover the Eternal Principles

—Teaching point one: Jesus is eternal, but he lived on earth in a specific time and place.

—Teaching point two: No flawed human can perfectly imitate the perfect Christ.

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