Growing up, especially in middle school, I was bullied quite a bit. Bullying is a serious thing. I still remember the names I was called and the faces who said them. I recall vividly having to restrain myself from retaliation. The kind of overt bullying I experienced is all-too-common ...
As you will see in the Scripture verses I will list below, there are two main definitions as to what the grace of God is all about. The best way to look at this revelation is to look at it like you are looking at a two-sided coin. On the one side of the coin the grace of Go...
You know me, Lord. If I’m not careful my mind can slide into fear and worry, especially about the needs and struggles of loved ones. Or I can slip backward into hurts or regrets of the past. Release from such thoughts is not always easy. But I’ve heard it said, “What is IM-...
As Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf has taught, the Lord’s grace opens the windows of heaven “through which God pours out blessings of power and strength, enabling us to achieve things that otherwise would be far beyond our reach. It is by God’s amazing grace that His children can overcome th...
Grace, in general, is a supernatural gift of God to intellectual creatures (men, angels) for their eternal salvation. Read more here.
Martin Luther challenges the listener to hear how the mission of the church is shaped by how Jesus entered into Jerusalem. The king is coming gentle and riding on a beast of burden, carrying your burdens. The reason this king is coming is to lead you into the kingdom of God....
As they have shared how God is working in their lives, I have become an advocate for them before the throne of grace.If you know Bill and Terri, you can skip this part and go to the exercise. But it may be a good thing to review who and where they are....
Calvinist version:For by grace are ye saved throughgrace; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Ye have no responsibility upon hearing the gospel. If ye are going to believe, it is because God decided ye would.Not of works, lest any man should boast. ...
Book Review: Disruptive Grace: Reflections on God, Scripture, and the Church174 is followed by a story that highlights the confusion created when women took ascetic lives in the desert and the extent of their emaciation made it hard to tell they were women (pp. 116-7). The bulk of this...
by John CalvinIT IS NOT A CASE OF THE BELIEVER'S "CO-OPERATION" WITH GRACE; THE WILL IS FIRST ACTUATED THROUGH GRACEBut perhaps some will concede that the will