God’s Love for the Undeserving Grace teaches us that God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are. Categories of worthiness simply don’t apply. ~ Philip Yancey, What’s So Amazing About Grace? INTRODUCTION In one of His last acts before His death, Jesus forgave a thief dangling on a cross, knowing…
Oddballs, Defectives, Sinners, Aliens, Gentiles… and Grace
Before writing The Jesus I Never Knew, I spent several months researching the background to Jesus’ life. I learned to appreciate the ordered world of first-century Judaism. I admit that the ranking of people rankled my American sensibilities — it seemed a formal pattern of ungrace, a religious caste system — but at least the…
3 Bible Studies on Grace
Grace is the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it. This is the message of the gospel in a word. We should always be reminding ourselves of the grace that God has extended to us. With that…