Lewis Sperry Chafer, Chafer’s Systematic Theology: As all these blessings indicated, salvation is a work of God for man, not a work of man for God. What a Christian experiences is what God’s love has prompted Him to do for those who had no merit before Him but who are now recognized in the merit […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Spiritual Blessings (Chafer)John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: What is God looking for in the world? Assistants? No. The gospel is not a help-wanted ad. It is a help-available ad. Nor is the call to Christian service a help-wanted ad. God is not looking for people to work for Him but people who let Him work […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Grace (Piper)J. Vernon McGee, Galatians: The natural man hates the gospel of the grace of God…it is in us to hate it because it doesn’t require any doing on our part.
Read More Today’s Quote – Grace (McGee)John Frame, The Doctrine of God: God prevents fallen men from doing all the wrong they could do. He places a mark on Cain, so that others will not take his life (Gen. 4;15). He confuses the languages of men during the building of the tower of Babel, lest “nothing they plan to do will […]
Read More Today’s Quote – Common Grace (Frame)John Piper, Spectacular Sins: If God ever forsook his supreme allegiance to himself, there would be no grace for us. If he based his kindness to us on our worth, there would be no kindness to us. We are stiff-necked, rebellious, and ungrateful. Free, inmerited grace is our only hope to be otherwise.
Read More Today’s Quote (9/25/08)I thought about the grace of God as I read the newspaper this week, because the writers of two essays didn’t. The first essay, “Control Issues” by Daniel Akst rightly evaluates the lack of self-control that is rampant in our culture. He perceptively writes, Most of us who live with children and computers know about […]
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Words of Grace 