Tag: performance

  • Grace and Obedience are Friends

    Grace and Obedience are Friends

    The relationship between grace and obedience can seem tenuous at times. An over-emphasis on grace with no thought to obedience can lead to antinomianism, hyper grace, or as some would say “free, cheap grace.” Focusing on rules and commands as a means to gain the favor of God can lead to rule keeping, law, and legalism.…

  • Charis by Preston Sprinkle

    Charis by Preston Sprinkle

    I picked up a free copy of [amazon_link id=”B00J3F1Q5Q” target=”_blank” ]Charis: God’s Scandalous Grace for Us[/amazon_link] by Preston Sprinkle. As you know, if there is a book on grace, I want to get my hands on it. I had never heard of Preston Sprinkle before. I have no idea what his views on other topics are.…

  • Wanting To Change is Not Enough

    Wanting To Change is Not Enough

    “For I have the desire to what is right but not the ability to carry it out” (Romans 7:18) Paul eloquently demonstrates in Romans 7 the struggle so many of us feel as we walk with God. We want to do what is right, but keep making the same mistakes. Disobedience is not in our…

  • Tipping the Scale

    Tipping the Scale

    Today is the 3rd Anniversary of NoSuperHeroes. In honor of this, I have re-engineered the first-ever post, editing it and sprucing it up a bit. As you will see, we started with an emphasis on grace and relationship with God. Three years and 324 posts later, this is still the goal. Hope you’ve enjoyed the…

  • What Music Are You Playing?

    What Music Are You Playing?

    Grace is so much more than forgiveness of sins, gaining us the event of salvation. Grace is the day-to-day journey of salvation. We were united with him in his resurrection. This does defeat “death” in our lives, but so much more; it means life! Paul in Romans 6 says our bodies are instruments of righteousness…