Jul 15, 2020
In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
Desmond Tutu
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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.
Desmond Tutu
Abeyance... (Hommage a - well you know...)
“Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.”
Dietrich Bonhoeffer - German Theologian, Pastor and Martyr (4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945).
Grace Was Free to Us—But It Was Never Cheap
DID YOU KNOW We often speak about the cost of discipleship, but before we ever consider what following Jesus may cost us, Scripture asks us to look carefully at what our salvation cost Him. Luke 9 brings those two truths together. Jesus tells His disciples that He will suffer, be rejected, be killed, and rise again. Then, almost without pause, He turns to those who would follow Him and says, “If…
Romans 3 brings Paul’s argument to its decisive turning point. Every mouth is silenced. Every person stands accountable before God. The law can reveal sin, but it cannot produce the righteousness we need. Then come two of the most important words in Romans: “But now.” God has revealed a righteousness that sinners cannot produce—a righteousness received through faith in Jesus Christ. We are justified freely by grace through the redemption found in Him. This chapter study explores total depravity, justification, redemption, atonement, faith, and why the gospel removes every reason for boasting. #Romans3 #BibleStudy #JustificationByFaith #GraceOfGod #GospelOfJesusChrist #BreakwaterBlessings :::
The Majesty of Muzzled Might: Why the King of the Universe Chose a Fugitive’s Path
There is a scene in the life of Jesus that should stop our hearts every single time we read it, yet it often goes unnoticed. It is the jarring, scandalous image of the Maker of the Universe making an escape. The King of Glory—the one whose voice sustained the atoms of the universe and ordained “Let there be Light”—is suddenly making a run for His life, searching for a place of safety. Is this…
The Price You Didn’t See Paid
DID YOU KNOW Did you know that grace is not free—it is costly beyond measure? When we speak of grace, we often describe it as “free,” and in one sense it is, because we cannot earn it. Yet Scripture reveals that while grace is free to receive, it was infinitely costly to provide. The psalmist captures the weight of sin in Psalm 39, declaring, “Surely every man walks about as a mere shadow… Surely…
Monothelitism: What the Church Once Condemned
Monothelitism was a 7th-century Christological doctrine claiming that Jesus Christ, though possessing two natures—fully divine and fully human—had only one will, the divine will. The intention behind Monothelitism was conciliatory: it sought to bridge divisions between those who emphasized Christ’s divinity and those who emphasized his humanity. But in doing so, it quietly hollowed out the…
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Evangelical minister Rob Schenck was once a militant leader of the anti-abortion movement, blockading access to clinics to prevent doctors and patients from entering.
But after more than 20 years in the movement, Schenck experienced a change of heart. Though firm in his evangelicalism, he has disavowed his militant anti-abortion stance -- he talks about the change in a new memoir, Costly Grace, and you can check out his conversation with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross here.
-- Petra