Month: August 2021
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Grace and Free Will
Today I’d like to introduce the rather sticky concept of grace and free will. I say “sticky” because, if you think about it, grace and free will don’t go together very well. Philosophers, theologians, and clerics have wrestled with this issue for centuries. I’m not so foolish or naive to believe that we will be…
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Forgiveness and Confession
We’re continuing our study of grace, forgiveness, the law, obedience and the path to salvation. Last week we talked about grace and forgiveness. In what way are they related? In what way are they the same? In what way are they different? We touched on a related question, which we’re going to talk about today:…
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Grace and Forgiveness
We’ve been talking about the subject of grace, the law, or obedience, and the way to salvation. We’ve seen that obedience is really doing things God’s way. And when we do things God’s way, we have a more centered, a more foundational, life; but not necessarily a life free from pain and struggle—recall the story…
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What To Do With Your Talents?
The more we delve into the concept of grace, the more complexity we see, and the more we discover how easily grace can be misunderstood. Examining the parable of the talents last week, we saw new aspects of grace which I think we need to explore further. Here is the parable again: For it is…