The Case for Grace: A Journalist Explores the Evidence of Transformed Lives (Case for ... Series)

‘Pride is the mother hen under which all other sins are hatched,’ says C. S. Lewis.

To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. C. S. Lewis

Cheap grace, said German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is . . . forgiveness without requiring repentance . . . [and] absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ living and incarnate.”

Jesus was filled with grace and truth, and in Christianity you can know the truth, not just through some sort of spiritual experience, but also through careful investigation.

Fools hate wisdom, are complacent, bring grief to their parents, lack common sense, pursue schemes, revel in folly, are full of pride, practice deception, refuse to make amends, spurn discipline, scorn advice, and exalt themselves.3

forgiveness opened the door to the possibility

When the Bible says God loves the world, it doesn’t footnote any exceptions. God’s grace is inexhaustible.

“You can only experience God’s grace to the degree that you’re willing to accept full responsibility for what you’ve done,”

What can God accomplish through the simple gesture of a hug?