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Lee Penley: All Charges Are Dismissed
There is a totality to my lack of sin debt that I seldom contemplate. I act like it's an open tab with a potential balance. That bad boy has been settled and CLOSED. His Word shows me example after example, that the quantity nor quality of sin committed is of any...
Wally Odum: Grace Opens the Door to God’s Power
I've spent much of my life hiding and forsaking my weaknesses. Grace says that's no longer necessary. Sounds strange to think I can boast in my inabilities and shortcomings. However, understanding Grace takes my attention off me and puts it on Him with much better...
Wally Odum: Law and Grace Don’t Mix
I can't hedge my bets. I must choose. It's one or the other. I will be judged by the perfect Law, or saved by His Grace. Period. Of course I want to do good works and improve my behavior, but these things have nothing to do with my salvation by Grace. In fact, the...
Wally Odum: Grace Relies on Christ Alone
Thinking that my good works plays a role in my salvation is not only naïve - it's dangerous. In no way would I ever want to diminish the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus on the Cross, but that's what I do when I don't completely decouple my good works with the...
Wally Odum: God’s Grace is Free for Everyone
I used to think meeting God's standard was a hard thing, requiring all my effort and attention. I was wrong, it's easy to understand and achieve, it's just hard to believe. My eternal salvation and right standing is not at risk each time I miss the mark. God still...
Wally Odum: Grace is a Safe Place
I could never earn God's saving Grace, thereby it stands to reason that I keep my salvation based on the same parameters - by Grace through faith. The more I chew on that the more amazed I become. Grace is a place of safety, not inactivity. Resting in Grace is akin to...
Wally Odum: Grace on the First Page of the New Testament
Once my eyes were opened to God's Grace, it showed up everywhere in the Bible. Wow, even the boring parts! Grace doesn't just deal with my sin. That would be awesome and generous. No, it also puts me in places of honor that I could have never put myself, no matter how...
Wally Odum: Grace Keeps Us in the Shadow of the Cross
Grace wasn't the beginning of my salvation, it's the journey of my salvation. This perspective overshadows my critics even the one that occupies my body. The Grace revealed and demonstrated in the Gospel can be misunderstood, but not cheapened or abused. God's Grace...
Lee Penley: God Is Our Nightlight
The Creator of the Universe, the one, who sits outside of time and space, is my Father. When I remember this, the pestilence that stalks in the night flees. The darkness that once engulfed my thoughts disappears at the sight of His grace. This perfect light is a gift...