What if religion isn’t healing your soul but hiding the real problem? In this teaching, Josh Siders kicks off our Motives series by exploring the difference between external religion and internal renewal. Our culture offers counterfeit gospels—authenticity, autonomy, politics, sexuality, consumerism—but Jesus offers something deeper: a clean heart and a transformed life. Drawing from Matthew 23 and Psalm 51, we reflect on why image management fails and how renewal begins when we stop pretending. This week’s practice: pray Psalm 51:10–12 each day and invite God to do the kind of work only He can do—renewal from the inside out.