Tag: grace

The old testament can be difficult to read given that there sees to be so many stories we would consider negative. The story in today's text is no exception. Despite the negatives – which are tied mostly to Israel's behavior – there is an underlying positive as well: God's grace.…

Good works. As a Christian, how do you feel about them? Good works are unnecessarily controversial in the modern Church. They tend to be polarizing, too. One the one hand are those who avoid any mention of good works under the false impression that they don't matter. On the other…

If you were asked to define grace, what would be your definition? We Christians tend to describe grace as 'God's unmerited favor'. That it is. But it's more than that. Today's text will demonstrate that grace is a teacher; that grace places certain demands on those who receive it. Grace…

Our last study in Gal. 2 focused on Paul's visit to Jerusalem after 14 years of working solo in Syria and along the SE Mediterranean cost. We didn't get into the details of that visit; we will today. We did talk about Paul having to present himself to the Jerusalem…