Tag: grace
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Working Toward Heaven
I was out for a jog the other day and ran (pun intended) across a group of Jehovah’s Witnesses preparing for a Saturday of door to door evangelism. In the past, I’ve engaged in conversations with them about salvation by grace and not works, Jesus being God, or even their view that only 144,000 will…
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Jesus Hates Religion
“- Has your experience with God been about the “do’s” and the “don’t?” “- Are you on a path that was decided for you by people you trusted, but it feels more like bondage? “- Have you completely abandoned all paths because you’ve seen the end results, and you have no desire whatsoever to be…
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Life WITH God
I’ve spent a lot of time and space recently exploring ways Not to relate to God. We explored the false pretense saying God is required to bless us for right lifestyle. – Truth, although powerful and needed, can actually be a substitute for relationship with God. The consumer God mindset, where He becomes your WalMart was…
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If We Live Right, God Will Bless Us. Right?
The most common view of life with God today is a picture of us living under divine rules in order to avoid calamity. Follow the rules, live right, and God will bless us. Right? We want God on our side. In simple terms, we want to move his hand or manipulate him. A God who controls…
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Strengthened by Grace
“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 2:1 ESV) I came across this verse in my reading recently and spent some time considering what it means to be “strengthened by grace.” Most versions say this as “be strong in grace.” What does this mean? How could…