Blameless Grace
God’s grace is evident as far back as the covering of Adam and Eve with garments of skin when they feared Him because of their sin and subsequent understanding of their nakedness (Genesis 3:21). He continues to demonstrate it every day in spiritual growth, the food we eat, or that beautiful rainbow or picturesque…
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Conditional Grace
Is God’s grace unconditional? Many Christians seem to think so. We promise people who do not know or love God that He loves them, no matter what (See Psalm 5:5). Many Christians boldly promise the favor of God on someone if they would “stop doing drugs,” “confess their sin of adultery,” or “abortion,” “stop…
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Someone Gets It!
“God Bless America!!” I saw this everywhere on social media and on some Christian sites as we went through the celebrations of our nation’s Independence Day. Why on earth would any God fearing Christian think that God should bless our sinful, unrepentant nation at this point in history? Right now it seems that…
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Fire, Fire!
It had been a quiet night at home. Around 9 PM we sat down to enjoy a little “who done it” on TV. At 10 PM we heard the quiet knock on our front door. Our next door neighbors were at our door looking a little shaken with a fire extinguisher in their hands.…
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God Gives Grace
God’s grace gets delivered to us in a myriad of ways. . In the first two chapters of 1 Samuel we’re introduced to Elkanah and Hannah, the prophet and priest, Samuel’s parents. We are also introduced to Peninnah who is Elkanah’s other wife. It’s very interesting how the Bible reports the facts, sometimes without…
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