What’s the one present we always keep, even as we gladly pass it on? God’s extravagant gift of grace. As if his grace isn’t enough (and truly, it is), the Lord also bestows very particular gifts on each one of … Read More
Category Archives: Bible Study: Embrace Grace
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Repentance
62 Comments | Posted on 02/13/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
So, are you a tax collector or a sinner? I know you don’t want to be one of the scribes or Pharisees, but those are all the people in the audience today. And you definitely want to be here when … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Forgiveness
24 Comments | Posted on 02/06/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
“I know God has forgiven me, but I can’t forgive myself.” Have you ever whispered those words? Written them in your journal? Confessed them to a friend? However noble it sounds, “Thou must forgiveth thyself” is 1) not in the … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Sin
37 Comments | Posted on 01/30/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
He looked into my eyes, this person I loved, and said with conviction, “I don’t need God. I’m a good person.” My heart sank. How could I help him understand? Yes, he’d behaved admirably the whole of his life. He … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Truth
49 Comments | Posted on 01/23/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
A cold night in February 1982. Snow was falling thick and fast, blowing across my windshield. Not far ahead, a bookstore. Later, when I told my friends where I was headed, they didn’t believe me. “At that hour? In that … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Faith
75 Comments | Posted on 01/16/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
What if you had God’s mobile number on your phone? His email address? His Twitter account? What if you could text him anytime you wanted to? Last week one of our sisters commented about how cell phones added to our … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: Embrace Doubt
92 Comments | Posted on 01/09/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
Have you ever whispered, “Help me believe, Lord! Help me have more faith!”? Come meet a desperate father, crying out those words across twenty centuries. His son is possessed by a demon that throws the boy to the ground, leaving … Read More
Embrace Grace Bible Study: An Open Door
82 Comments | Posted on 01/02/13 | Categories: Bible Study: Embrace Grace, Blog
Wanna know a secret? I wrote the whole of Embrace Grace before I wrote the opening. The first draft began with, “The forgiven life. The grace-filled life.” All well and good, but I didn’t exactly invite you in and offer you a … Read More