Tag: grace
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An Adjudicator of Grace in Every Era
What is the first SCRIPTURE that comes to mind when I ask you to tell me about GRACE? Go ahead and COMMMENT with the first BIBLE verse YOU recall. & Tell us what it speaks to YOU that exemplifies GRACE. Since only 15 of the 132 verses naming Grace occur in the Old Testament chances…
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Grace for the Everyday Sinner in 2024 C.E.
What is grace? We associate it with good things as in praying before eating and receiving mercy for those things we ought not to have done. Paul frequently opens his letters to various churches with grace, peace and other gentle words of greeting. The Apostle then encourages believers in a spirit of grace given to…
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Sola Protestants: 5 Differences
ONLY FIVE – 5 Sola’s of the Protestant Reformation You likely understand something of the history of the Church, especially if you’ve followed my previous Saturday posts on Doctrine or our current series in ACTS. Sola in celebration of ‘Reformation Day’ of the Protestant Church, I’ll ask: ‘Do you know what Protestants were protesting about…
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JOHN 2020 Good News for A.D. 2020
Intro to the Gospel of John IN THE BEGINNING: λόγος logos Intro to talk of Jesus .com in A. D. 2020 talk of Jesus .com shared the Gospel of John in the context of A.D. 90, with application to A.D. 2020, rather than chronologically, culturally or by chapter & verse.. ..while during recent months: some…
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Crucifixion! – Scripture Fulfilled
Crucifixion! – The Spirit of Grace .. this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. Acts 2:23And how is this the Spirit of Grace? For God so loved the world, that he gave his only…
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Crucifixion! – The Spirit of Grace
Now Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written: “JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.” John 19:19 NASB More Mockeries of the Son of Man on the Cross of Sacrifice Even today mockery of Jesus Christ is as common as rejection of the Lord God. In CRUCIFIXION!…