5 results for tag: God’s grace

February 2026

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Greg Albrecht God's Beloved Children – pg. 2 Laura Urista R-E-S-P-E-C-T... Find Out What it Means to Me – pg. 5 Brad Jersak Sacrifice: Two Perspectives – pg. 7

Speaking Sheepishly – Stuart Segall

Three gentle creatures standing obediently before a barrier that holds no real power offer a quiet parable about perception and divine perspective. The gate is symbolic not of confinement, but of the illusion of confinement. There are no fences, no walls, no true enclosure. Yet the sheep remain, as if the iron bars were sacred law. God sees an open pasture. We feel the weight of impossibility; God sees the ease of a step to the side. The image invites us to laugh gently at ourselves, not in mockery but in compassion, realizing how often we mistake the appearance of confinement for reality. To us, our struggles often feel like that gate: ...

God’s Grace is Christ in Us – Jim Fowler

Jim Fowler Brad Jersak wrote these words in the “Christianity Without the Religion Blog” "The Beatitudes: Christ Formed In You" dated Nov. 12, 2023: “The saving, sanctifying, and empowering grace of God IS Christ in us.” So true, and to reverse the equation, “Christ in us IS the saving, sanctifying, and empowering grace of God.” This is the mystery (once concealed, now revealed) that Paul was sharing with the Colossians, “the mystery… which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). This is the dynamic core of the gospel. This is the dynamic of the Christ-life in Christ-ones by which the Christ-life is re-presented and ...

Gift After Gift After Gift – Brad Jersak

We all live off his generous bounty, gift after gift after gift (John 1:16, MSG, The Message Bible). Out of his full store we have all received grace upon grace (John 1:16, NEB,The New English Bible). The first chapter of the Gospel of John presents an unequalled, beautiful and profound exploration of what, to the human mind, is “the genesis of God the Word,” made flesh in Jesus of Nazareth. Of course, God has no actual beginning, but the eternal One concedes to speak to the limitations of our human perspective and language. John draws a parallel in his New Testament genesis to the first chapter of the Old Testament Genesis, emphas...

Divine Grace by Jim Fowler

Grace the character of the Triune God