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We are justified by faith alone, but by a faith that is not alone. John Calvin

STUNNED BY GRACE by Max Lucado I've never been surprised by God's judgment, but I'm still stunned by his grace. God's judgment has never been a problem for me. In fact, it always seemed right. Lightning bolts on Sodom. Fire on Gomorrah. Good job, God. Egyptians swallowed in the Red Sea. They had it coming.…

God's Grace - A Free Gift For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 When a person works an eight-hour day and receives a fair day's pay for his time, that is a wage. When a person receives recognition for his achievements, that is…

Celebrating Milestones: Salvation For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 At the age of 26, Calvin Hunt lost a much-desired recording contract. Disappointed and angry, he began experimenting with drugs. Over the next few years,…

I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. Romans 1:16 Recommend Reading Romans 10:8-13 The word "salvation" appears 162 times in the Bible (NKJV). In both the Old and the New Testaments, it conveys the idea of being saved from a terrible…

Burden is a historical drama about racism. It features the battle between the KKK and a Baptist Pastor in Laurens, SC. Mike Burden grew up amid poverty and prejudice and comes under the influence of a KKK leader. He falls in love with a woman who tells him he must choose between her and the KKK. The…

While there won’t be as many people out shopping the day after Christmas as there are the day after Thanksgiving, Dec. 26 does make the top 10 list of the busiest shopping days of Christmas. The primary reason it does is because our friends and family can’t wait to return the gifts we bought for them.…

U.S. Olympic doctor Larry Nassar has been accused and found guilty of molesting hundreds of underage girls as both the Olympic Gymnastics doctor and a doctor and professor at Michigan State University. The first girl to allege publicly that Nassar was a child molester was Rachael Denhollander. She was…

Larry Riddle was expecting a citation for failure to signal a turn; instead, the Billings, Montana Police officer gave him a turkey, provided to the department by a local business person. Not getting a citation, something he deserved, was one thing, but getting the gift, something he didn’t earn, was…

Benjamin Watson plays in the NFL. The 255-pound tight end was a rookie member of the Baltimore Ravens in 2004. During the season, his playing ended when he tore his ACL. He did not play in the last part of the season, the playoffs, or the Super Bowl—, which the Ravens won. Even though he received a championship…

In “A Life of Purity,” Dallas Bivins writes, “Jesus attacked the lustful thoughts of the head and heart, not the actions of the hand. The head and heart is where we begin to dehumanize another person into an object of sin. Whereas love accepts, heals, and respects, lust demands and controls. Lust is…

In his book “Out of a Far Country,” Christopher Yuan tells his story of a Gay man’s journey to God. In the book he tells of his mother who after 30 years of marriage was going to leave his father. She bought a one-way Amtrak ticket to Louisville to say goodbye to Christopher and then she planned to end…

A dying man in the hospital read the story of the thief on the cross from a Bible his mother gave him. As a result, David Yon Mo repented and accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, recovered from his alcoholism and began preaching the Gospel in the streets. Later he founded "Myanmar Young Crusaders"…

Jerry Maestas drove his car for three days with a passenger, Amy Marquez, who had none of the signs of life. Finally, he drove her to an emergency room where she was pronounced dead. “I don’t know how he didn’t know” (she was dead) said police Lt. Christian Lopez. “There were flies all over.” --The Week,…

P. J. O’Rourke is now living with the joys of raising a teenage daughter. Recently while she was complaining about life not being fair, O’Rourke said to her, “You’re cute. That’s not fair. You’re smart—that’s not fair. Your family’s well off—that’s not fair. You were born in the U.S.—that’s not fair.…

Churches and businesses in Boise, Idaho plan to repeat an event from 2004 in which a nonprofit coalition teamed up to pay $7,500 in parking tickets, including one for a woman who cried as a pastor signed a check covering her $555 fine. They designed the event known as the Grace Gift parable to demonstrate…

The government’s “Cash for Clunkers Program” means a lot of wasteful old vehicles will be taken off the roads. Sometimes these are cars with lots of miles, cracked glass, and mirrors held on with duct tape. There is another side of the story. All the cars that are traded in under the program must be…

World Magazine interviewed journalist Bill Moyers in a recent issue. When asked about his faith, Moyers mentioned growing up in a Southern Baptist Church and said; “Someone recently asked me what the moment was when I became a Christian. And I told them, I never did become a Christian. I can’t turn the…

The Lifesaving Rope For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10 Show…

GIFT When his wife needed a life saving kidney transplant, Dr. Richard Batista gave her one of his. Seven years later, when his wife filed for divorce, Batista decided he wanted the kidney back. Since the kidney was necessary to sustain his wife’s life, he said he would be willing to accept 1.5 million…

For by one offering He hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified./ Hebrews 10:14. We trample the blood of the Son of God under foot if we think we are forgiven because we are sorry for our sins. The only explanation of the forgiveness of God and of the unfathomable depth of His forgetting, is…

For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. /Romans 5:10. I am not saved by believing; I realize I am saved by believing. It is not repentance that saves me; repentance is the sign that I realize what God…

There is a story about a minister who had a strange dream. He dreamt that he had died and was trying to get into heaven. When he approached the pearly gates, St. Peter told him he needed 100 points to get in. Proudly the minister said, "Well, I was a pastor for 43 years." "Fine," said St. Peter, "That's…

Sins power is like the story of the boy who was shooting rocks with a slingshot. He could never hit his target. He was in his Grandma’s backyard one day, & spied her pet duck. On impulse he took aim and let fly. Amazingly the stone hit, and the duck was dead. The boy panicked and hid the bird under some…

Martin Luther is reported to have said that the most damnable and pernicious heresy that has ever plagued the mind of man was the idea that somehow he could make himself good enough to deserve to live with an all-holy God. You couldn't make an omelet out of five good eggs and one rotten egg and expect…