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Interrupted By God
posted by Sandy Garman
Simon, a Cyrenian, traveled from his home country in Northern Africa to Jerusalem for the Passover holiday. It was a long and arduous journey for him, about 800 miles. Simon planned for months to make this journey and it was going to be a costly one for him in both time and [...]
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A Community of Grace Part 2
posted by Sandy Garman
Tim Keller said in his book The Prodigal God, “Real grace intercepts destructive behavior. Real grace brings you in freely and then holds your feet to the fire until you become somebody great.”
When the people we care about sin like the prodigal son and decide to go their own way, Jesus expects [...]
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A Community of Grace Part 1
posted by Sandy Garman
Jesus came to give us new life; new families, but to also give us a new way of doing community. We are to live Overwhelmed by Grace not only as individuals but in our families, churches and communities. This is not as easy as it seems. As Americans we are fiercely [...]
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The Result Of Amazing Grace
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God’s people and members of God’s household. Ephesians 2:19
Here the apostle Paul begins to give a different picture of what it is to be in Jesus the Christ. Most of us would view our trials and problems, that which I call opportunities, in [...]
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His Amazing Grace
a post from Sandy Garman
Grace. We sing about it on Sunday but have a difficult time living it on Monday. Sometimes it is hard to believe that The Almighty God would have grace on puny little us. Many of us have experienced God’s saving grace; the grace that frees us from our chains of sin. [...]
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