GRACE IS God’s good will, loving-kindness, and favor toward us. In His merciful kindness, God exerts his holy influence upon souls. With those who abide in Christ, grace teaches them, grace empowers them and grace kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtue. It is often said that grace is unmerited favor; this is true. Yet God’s grace is…
Category: Grace
“God Accepts Homosexuals” Says Osteen
Houston’s Word of Faith megachurch pastor and best-selling author Joel Osteen recently spoke to the Huffington Post about the Pope and homosexuals. The full interview is below. Host Josh Zepps quoted from Osteen’s new book, Break Out! 5 Keys to Go Beyond Your Barriers and Live an Extraordinary Life: “It doesn’t matter who likes you…
Faith & Works – Harmonizing Paul & James
Paul said, “A man is justified by faith,” whereas James said, “A man is justified by works.” These verses have confused many Protestants who have initially found James to be in contradiction with Paul. How do we harmonize Paul and James? We can start by looking at the context of each statement. The Apostle James…
U2’s Bono, Unorthodox Superman
Once, again Bono’s hip and cool Christianity has deceived many in recent days from Focus on the Family to World Net Daily. Joe Kovacs’ article entitled “U2’s Bono: Yes, Jesus is the Son of God,” presents quotes from Bono and and U2 band members over the years affirming their Christian faith. For instance, Bono is…
Exodus International and Homosexual Attraction, the Bad Fruit of Hyper-Grace
2 days ago, I posted my review of Clark Whitten’s book Pure Grace entitled Pure Grace or Hyper-Grace. Yesterday, Exodus International posted an article entitled Leslie Chambers Tackles Heterosexuality, Hyper-Grace, and Offers Hope in which she defends Exodus and her husband and President of the organization: Alan Chambers. Exodus International claims to be “the leading global outreach…