"We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope."
β Tim Keller
I'm here to walk with seekers & weary believers HOME, to the peace, purpose & renewal found only in His grace βοΈπ
Daily gospel encouragement & truth.
Follow along if your heart is restless for Him.
Yes it is. Salvation begins with God,
but it does not bypass the human will.
Grace awakens the heart and enables the faith it calls for. It does not override it, but liberates it.
We are chosen and we truly choose.
@sola_chad Yes it is. Salvation begins with God,
but it does not bypass the human will.
Grace awakens the heart and enables the faith it calls for. It does not override it, but liberates it.
We are chosen and we truly choose.
If salvation were partly ours, we would either be proud or terrified. Proud if we think we did enough. Terrified if we think we didnβt.
But if it is entirely of grace, then there is no boasting and no fear.
@sola_chad If salvation were partly ours, we would either be proud or terrified. Proud if we think we did enough. Terrified if we think we didnβt.
But if it is entirely of grace, then there is no boasting and no fear.
@DrFrankTurek If God exists, miracles are not extraordinary; they are interruptions by the Author of reality.
The resurrection is not extraordinary within theism. It is extraordinary within naturalism.
The prodigal is not the hero of the story.
Neither is the moral brother who stayed home.
Both were lost: one in rebellion, the other in pride.
The true hero is the Father who runs toward sinners and meets us in both our rebellion and our religion.
@sola_chad The prodigal is not the hero of the story.
Neither is the moral brother who stayed home.
Both were lost: one in rebellion, the other in pride.
The true hero is the Father who runs toward sinners and meets us in both our rebellion and our religion.
Amen. The cross shows that God does not set justice aside to save us. He satisfies it Himself.
In Jesus, God takes the judgment we deserve so that He can give us the righteousness we could never earn.
The gospel is not God relaxing His standards, but God meeting them on our behalf.
Jesus provides the ransom. He is the only one who can pay off our debt of sin because he is sinless. So, he takes our sin upon himself, our punishment upon himself. God remains just, and he's the justifier.
Amen. The cross shows that God does not set justice aside to save us. He satisfies it Himself.
In Jesus, God takes the judgment we deserve so that He can give us the righteousness we could never earn.
The gospel is not God relaxing His standards, but God meeting them on our behalf.
@DrFrankTurek The question is not which worldview we prefer.
It is which worldview best explains reality:
Why there is something rather than nothing.
Why reason works.
Why moral obligations bind us.
Why consciousness exists.