If you are a church-goer, for much of your life you have come to church and been slain with guilt. Churches can so quickly become sepulchers of shame, blame-shifting, and hostility rather than sanctuaries of grace. The Catholic apologist and contemporary of C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers’ writes about the oft-embraced view that the church has … Continue reading Sepulchers of Shame or Sanctuaries of Grace?
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Surrendering to Grace
Man's agenda is self-preservation and power grapping. God's agenda is redemption for 'Adam's helpless race.' How easy it is to miscalculate redemption's price tag. Peter miscalculated the cost to the Messiah to save His people. He never realized that the Messiah had "to suffer many things" on behalf of the people He came to save. … Continue reading Surrendering to Grace