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: Power of God
Hyper-Grace = Lawlessness
The Bible talks about the “true grace of God” (1 Peter 5:12) as opposed to the false grace being preached so prevalently today by and for professing Christians who will not surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The Bible teaches that the grace of God may be received in vain. Therefore, Paul says, we…
From What Are We Saved?
There is an important question that “haunts Christianity” which Emergent leader Tony Jones asked his blog community today: What Are We Being Saved From? Often when I ask this question to people who say they are saved, they cannot give me an answer. To most evangelical Christians, their answer would be hell, but there is…
Emergent: Helping or Hindering the Kingdom of God
The Gospel According to Jesus Brian McLaren, the prolific writer and Emergent Church guru, recalls being asked what the Gospel is according to Jesus and not having a suficient answer. A “well-known Evangelical theologian” then turned McLaren’s attention to the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. McLaren recalls: My lunch mate was a well-know Evangelical…
Restoring Power to the Gospel
It’s time Christians restore power to the Gospel. The Bible says that the message of the Gospel itself is power. The multitudes were astonished with Jesus’ doctrine, not because His sermons was neatly outlined, not because He spoke with eloquence, not because of His brilliance but because His word was “with power“ (Luke 4:32). Likewise, the…