Posts with the tag “grace”

At its core, gratitude is "our heartfelt response when someone does something good for us that we didn't deserve or expect." This definition highlights the elements of surprise and unmerited favor tha...  Read More

Jesus intended the church to be a safe place for people to grow in grace. Grace, the unmerited and unconditional love of God, is demonstrated through Christ's life, death, and resurrection. It's withi...  Read More

Jesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount with a stark warning: those who hear his words but do not put them into practice are building their lives on sand, destined for collapse when the storms of life...  Read More

While Jesus' work gives us complete transformation, it doesn't make our lives easy or take away our need to choose to follow him. We must still decide to trust and obey Jesus, even through hard times....  Read More