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Grace is not opposed to effort. It is opposed to earning. Effort is action. Earning is attitude. – Dallas Willard
This is it.
I feel like this settles the whole faith-works debate within the Christian faith.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is that we are all broken enough that we cannot earn our way back to a relationship [...]
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I think most Christians don’t know what to do with the Law, by that I mean that we often speak about the regulations given to Abraham by God as if they are defective and somehow not good. The Law is full of things that we don’t get – when do you do this kill this [...]
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Okay, so it’s been a week and a half since I returned from Advance09 and much of it has still been on my mind. I do still want to give some sort of rundown of just about of the talks from the three days; or at least share a highlight or a quote from it [...]
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The principle of love has been found to possess very great power over men. In the infancy of history nations dream that crime can be put down by severity, and they rely upon fierce punishments; but experience corrects the error. Our forefathers dreaded forgery, which is a troublesome fraud, and interferes with the confidence which [...]
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