grace
The Problem With Making Bible Characters Moral Exemplars
I question our practice of painting biblical heroes more heroically than the Bible does. Hiding the faults of our heroes robs us of grace. That’s why the Bible doesn’t hide them. Why do we want our heroes to be…
5 Lessons The Tax Collector And The Pharisee Teach About Grace
Grace happened on God’s terms. Grace did not happen because of spectacular accomplishments and achievements the Pharisee paraded before God. Grace did not happen because of the Pharisee’s virtues. And grace did not happen because prayer, a religious ceremony…
Tearing Down The Sacred Vs. Secular Divide In Your Vocation
Luther actually suggested, “God doesn’t need your good works, but your neighbor does.” So when Paul says in Ephesians that “it is by grace you have been saved” it is deeply connected to the work you do in your…
How Martin Luther Found Grace And Ben-Hur Gave Up On Revenge
Luther wrestled with the idea that God is holy, and that no matter how hard Luther tried, he was a poor, miserable sinner. Martin Luther could not see how a holy, perfect and righteous God would ever forgive and…
Free Will Is A Misnomer
How much choice does any individual human actually have? We speak of “free will”—but how much of a choice to accept God’s grace does anyone have, given the brainwashing and propaganda to which they are subjected? How much of a…
Parenting With Grace Is A Beautiful Demonstration Of The Gospel
Today’s Throwback Thursday post recalls a very practical and insightful video from Paul Trip and Elyse Fitzpatrick. These two parenting gurus share their wisdom about how belief in a gospel of grace affects our approach to parenting. Learn how…
A Poetic Response To Mental Illness
In the wake of the news about Robin Williams’ suicide, the issues of mental illness and depression are now on the forefront of many people’s minds. Ann Voskamp has written on of the more grace-filled responses I’ve seen… I locked…
Calling A Cease-Fire In The Woman Wars
I have no idea why don’t we call a cease-fire to the constant women wars, stop the missile volley of judgement, subtle and not so subtle, that we hurl across the playgrounds and church foyers and back fences and…
How To Liberate Your Parenting With Grace
Paul Tripp and Elyse Fitzpatrick discuss how our belief in a Gospel of grace affects our approach to parenting our children. Parents can be liberated from the savior complex. Parents can’t be the savior. Jesus must be. Yet, much…
R.C. Sproul Explains Common Grace & Saving Grace
In this video, Dr. R.C. Sproul explains some important theological terms. Theologians distinguish between “common grace” and “saving grace.” Common grace is the idea that there is goodness and benefit given to all mankind in a multitude of ways…
A Look At The Incomparable Force Of Grace
This 3 minute video offers a visually stunning representation of the sheer force of grace while a beautiful poem about grace is spoken. Watch, let it sink in, and be thankful for the grace we have in Christ…
Is Sunday School Destroying Our Kids?
The message of the gospel—the entire storyline of scripture—is God’s loving pursuit of people who run from him as fast as they can and who live lives unworthy of his love. That’s why it’s called grace. But our Sunday school…
Jesus Is Better Than Religion
Jefferson Bethke released video a few years ago that went viral. In the video, he ranted about how he loves Jesus but hates religion. There is a story behind those statements. Jeff shares his story in this magazine article.…
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