In the heart of Isaiah 59, God's relentless love shines amid human brokenness, inspiring us to become catalysts for justice, transformation and hope in our world
Tag: grace
We’ve all driven faster than the sign says, whether we know it or not.
From confusion to clarity: A family's journey to finding the true church for their children.
When our functional theology creates feelings of shame, guilt and failure, it is not bringing us the “easy burden”, “light yoke” or “abundant life” Jesus has promised.
There is nothing wrong with exploring our response to grace and it is healthy to respond and look for ways to engage and live our faith, faithful to the call of our King.
"The Christian Church has mostly reduced Christ’s ministry to one of dying to placate an angry God bent on punishing the sinners. According to this limited view, the death of Christ was payment on behalf of sinners; providing God with the legal right to forgive sins, past, present and future. More seriously, it damages the doctrine of grace."
Like many middle-borns in the birth order, I confess to being somewhat obsessed with fairness and the parable of “The Workers in the Vineyard” triggers my injustice meter.
Grace is not about you and how good or bad you are. It’s about Jesus and what He has done. And that is something worth sharing.
In the parable of the unmerciful servant, we get a play by play of a man who just like each of us wants forgiveness but yet does not extend the same mercy and kindness to others.
The Greek word for grace (charis) is often translated with the English word “favour”. But there is one point that is often missed according to the custom of the ancient world.