“What is saving (salvific) grace?”……Answer: According to the dictionary, the phrase "saving grace" refers to a "redeeming quality or factor" that makes a person or a thing acceptable. The word grace on its own has another set of definitions. It is an "unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification" as well as […]
“What is cheap grace?”……The term "cheap grace" can be traced back to a book written by German theologian, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, called The Cost of Discipleship, published in 1937. In that book, Bonhoeffer defined "cheap grace" as: Preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance…Baptism without church discipline…Communion without confession. …Cheap grace is: Grace without discipleship…Grace without the […]