Grace (317)
  1. You are God’s people. Yet you are nothing in the world’s sight. To be honest, often less than nothing. Don’t feel bad, I’m nothing with you.
  2. Jesus didn’t lie. He was called to preach to Israel. He would send His disciples out into the world. But that didn’t mean His message wasn’t for all.
  3. To see faith as a noun in Christianity, one must ask the question of what is faith and whence does it come?
  4. Inside our heads is a courtroom where our whole lives are put on trial. And we are declared guilty of things. Big things, little things. God things, human things. True things, false things. We never can measure up.
  5. Looking at our dining room table most days, you might think we were running a cartoon factory out of our house. Drawings. Everywhere.
  6. Christ's death for us is how and why God declares us righteous. Christ's righteousness is imputed to us as free gift.
  7. Whatever level of sin you're rummaging around in, forgiveness and grace is yours.
  8. According to Martin Luther, it is human nature is a little like a drunkard trying to ride a horse.
  9. On the television show Portlandia—a satirical comedy centered on hipster culture in Portland, Oregon—one episode highlights a conversation between the characters as Carrie and Alexandra look through Fred’s endless photo album of the places he’s traveled.
  10. God coming to us at Christmas encapsulates the essence of Christian faith: we don't make ourselves strong and then work our way up to a strong God.
  11. I often dance around the idea of denominations. I've been Pentecostal and I guess Evangelical.
  12. Have you ever really thought about how crazy your salvation is? You may have never thought of it in those terms, but truly, your redemption and rescue from eternal damnation is a jarring truth, one that should spawn tears of joy and shouts of praise.
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