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Objections to Grace
Read more: Objections to GraceDon: I’d like to read from the book of Romans before I turn things over to Kiran. This is the central theme of what we’ve been discussing: Who will bring a charge against God’s elect?… (Romans 8:33) This is a rhetorical question, of course. Paul then goes on to say: …God is the one who…
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Grace Upon Grace Already Given
Read more: Grace Upon Grace Already GivenMichael: We will continue our study of the trinity from the perspective of Grace. As we have discussed before, several bible passages declare that God is love and grace. David has proposed that the love of God, agape in Greek, is the same, or a synonym of Grace while Jason has suggested that the triune…
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BS in Grace
Read more: BS in GraceDavid: Our fundamental goal in recent weeks has been to understand the grand concept of Grace. Last week I affirmed that Grace was both synonymous with and a part of agape Love, and I asked whether, when we dissect agape Love into its constituent parts—as grace, mercy, forgiveness, etc.—there a danger that we fail to…
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Agape Love
Read more: Agape LoveDavid: “In the beginning, was the Word,” as we all well know. Last week, Michael proposed that the Word is God’s Grace. John’s opening passage of the New Testament makes clear that the Word is God and, argues Michael, since both Father and Son are part of the Trinity, the Word is also Jesus Christ.…
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The Trinity of Grace
Read more: The Trinity of GraceDon: We’ve been discussing grace and its various aspects. Just before this conversation, Sharon mentioned that grace isn’t a subject often thoroughly discussed in many circles, and we are much the poorer for not emphasizing grace. The irony (as we’ve noted before) is that when you examine the ministry and message of Jesus—from the inception…
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The Scandal of Free Grace
Read more: The Scandal of Free GraceNote: The first part of Don’s opening remarks are taken from the FEBRUARY 19, 2022 discussion called “Pregnant With Grace“. To preface our discussion, Becky May provided the following excerpt from Ann Voskamp’s book The Greatest Gift: Unwrapping the Full Love Story of Christmas: She became a space. Mary—she opens her hands and she nods.…

Daoism would agree, I think. Freedom comes with accepting the Dao—the Way, God. Struggling against it is not freedom and…