Tag: freedom
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Max Lucado on Grace
A few weeks ago, I featured an interview with Max Lucado on grace as he prepared to release his latest book. As a reviewer for Book Sneeze, I got my hands on a copy early. In typical Lucado story/devotional form, Max explores many aspects of the grace of God. Here are a few notable quotables:…
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Can I Do Whatever I Want?
This series on NoSuperHeroes deals with the Top Questions I receive in my Grace Seminars. Come back each day to see how we answer our questions without changing the message of Grace! Top Question: If I have grace and forgiveness, can I do whatever I want? Is it party time? “Once Saved, Always Saved.” “He…
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Do Christians Try to Manipulate God?
In his book [amazon_link id=”0340832762″ target=”_blank” ]Bono on Bono[/amazon_link], the lead singer of the Irish rock band U2, shares the most culturally relevant presentations of the gospel I have heard. He does this without using religious words or catchphrases such as “washed in the blood.” Bono explains the world has two main forces—grace and karma.…
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Weakness is Our Friend
Like many boys, my son, Garett, has a fascination with superheroes. One day my wife, Lindsey, was home with our boys. She dressed our son up in his cape, and let him head off to the land of make-believe. He flew around the house for a while before retreating to the back porch. It wasn’t…
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Racism is more than Black or White
We have friends who have a South African woman come once a week to help out with the children. They recently went on furlough and wanted to keep this woman employed during their trip. They arranged for her to help with another couple’s children. Recently we learned this woman refused to come and help. The family…