Previous essays in an ongoing series on grace in Christianity: On Purpose Justification & Sanctification We struggled through some intimidating “God-words” — justification and sanctification — in my previous essay, and in the process I lost both of my regular readers, leaving but a few wandering insomniacs whose Ambien prescription had just run short. For…
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5. The Road to Grace: Transparency
Previous essays in an ongoing series on grace in Christianity: On Purpose Justification & Sanctification The Sword of Grace Getting to Grace We’ve been discussing some of the core principles of how the Christian faith works — not by adhering to a new set of moral dictates or rules to follow, but by undergoing a…
2. The ‘God Words’: Justification and Sanctification
Archives Second in an ongoing series on grace: On Purpose If you’re browsing along, and see the topic of this essay, chances are good you’ve already clicked the ‘next’ link on your browser, especially if you’re not a Christian. You probably don’t realize this isn’t really a theological discourse — well, in a way it…
1. On Purpose
This is the first in a series on grace A friend on the web recently caught my attention with an essay on — of all things — zombies. In that discussion he wandered into deeper areas: I question consistently whether I’m living a worthy life. Hence the reference to that ending scene where Private Ryan,…