The ragamuffin gospel says we can't lose, because we have nothing to lose.
The heart of sanctification is the life which feeds on justification.
Grace and truth are spiritual DNA, the building blocks of Christ-centered living.
Grace comes free of charge to people who do not deserve it and I am one of those people... Now I am trying in my own small way to pipe the tune of grace. I do so because I know, more surely than I know anything, that any pang of healing or forgiveness or goodness I have ever felt comes solely from the grace of God.
Only when we're thoroughly convinced that the Christian life is entirely of grace are we able to serve God out of a grateful and loving heart.
My history shouts the power of the blood of Jesus. My presence demonstrates the absolute love, affection and purpose of God for my life. My future is drawing me into a hope-filled life that has a purpose of saying, 'on earth as it is in Heaven.'
If you don't know you're in a state of grace, then you're vulnerable to the paralysis of the accusations of the enemy.
My past life is abundantly full of God's mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
I want a real take-home quality to the sermon, so I built the whole sermon series around the word grace, those five letters.
There neither is, nor ever was, in the world, nor ever shall be, the least dram of holiness, but what, flowing from Jesus Christ, is communicated by the Spirit, according to the truth and promise of the gospel.
