Augustine defined Grace as “God’s generous and quite unmerited attention to humanity, by which the process of healing may begin; and it’s freely given.”[1] The topic of God’s grace is a biblical theme that resounds throughout both the Old and the New Testaments, and runs from Genesis to Revelation. Grace, in the Old Testament, is [...]
Friday, March 11, 2011
In his book, What’s So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey calls grace “‘the last best word’ because every English usage [he] [could] find retain[ed] some of the glory of the original.”[1] In an effort to understand the fullness of the word grace one must consider the use of the word within the Bible. We will [...]
Friday, March 11, 2011
Theologians aren’t usually good at shorthand. Nevertheless, they’ve done pretty well at defining grace with brevity. “Unmerited favour” is the definition one is most likely to hear. This is succinct, but sufficient. Grace is unmerited favour.[1] Unmerited favour is receiving something that we do not deserve. This is so true when we contemplate God’s grace. [...]
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Have you ever considered what grace means? How is it received, how is it lived out, how is it extended, how is it applied, how do we understand it? Many could acknowledge that they’ve experienced saving grace, or justifying grace, whether we known it or not we’ve likely experienced previent grace. Grace, when we refer [...]
Who am I in Christ? I am….
(Romans 12:2)
Do not conform to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your (my) mind.
Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is
—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
Who am I in Christ? I am….
healed by his wounds
(1 Peter 2:24)
He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,
so that we might die to sins
and live for righteousness;
by his wounds you have been healed.
Who am I in Christ? I …. (Ephesians 5:1)
Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children
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An Eye to See | Cadet Jennifer Ivany
Have You Stopped to Love Today | Adolpho Quezada
Time to Reflect | Major Ann Braund
Sojourning| Cadet Laura Van Schaick
Can you hear that??? | Cadet Kelly Fifield
Thursday, March 17, 2011
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