“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 […]
Grace from Beginning to End by Jayme Durant * Grace is the scarlet thread woven throughout all of Scripture. From the beginning in Genesis when God offered the first sacrifice for Adam and Eve's sin, to the ending of Revelation when Jesus promises to return for His own, God provides portraits of His never-ending grace. […]
Grace, Faith, & Good Works Col 2:6 (KJV) As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him. ┬┤├®├Ç Grace has been defined as getting what you don’t deserve, or more formally unmerited favor. Previously we looked at the unmerited part. But what is this favor? What do we get, specifically? […]
Grace vs. The Law Acts 17:25 (NIV) “And he [God] is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.” Approaching God ┬┤├®├Ç Grace is getting what we don’t deserve, or more formally “unmerited favor“. 1 Pet 1:2c,9-10 (NIV) Grace and peace […]
The Parable of the Conceptual Inheritor 2 Cor 6:1-2 (NIV) As God’s fellow-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For he says, “In the time of my favour I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” I tell you, now is the time of God’s favour, now […]
The Power of Grace John 1:16 (NAS) For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. The Grace Gifts 1 Cor 14:1 (NIV) Follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts… ┬┤├®├Ç Many Christians know that “gift” in Greek is charisma, as in charismatic. Grace in Greek is charis. They […]