Tag Archives: Grace

Sermon Prep on Assurance of Salvation, Faith, Works, and I John 3

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Charles Churchill

Tomorrow night, I’m preaching at my church and my central text is I John, chapter 3. It’s an interesting passage and the core idea that I’ve taken away from it is that while salvation is of grace through faith, our … Continue reading →

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Questions about Prevenient Grace

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Charles Churchill

I don’t know a whole lot about Wesleyan Theology. I do know a little bit about the concept of Prevenient Grace, but I have some questions. If anyone out there is a Methodist (or a follower of any of the … Continue reading →

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My brother in law, prayer, love, and grace

Posted on May 16, 2007 by Charles Churchill

We spent some time this weekend in Tennessee with my wife’s family. As you may remember, last Monday my brother-in-law fell eighteen feet from a rooftop and landed on his back, breaking three vertebra, two ribs, and his sternum. As … Continue reading →

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Analogous Grace: Why God chooses to bless certain things

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Charles Churchill

In my last article on grace, I wrote about Prescriptive Grace and the way that grace is always applied specifically according to God’s desires. In this post, I want to talk about grace in a slightly different way, but first … Continue reading →

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Prescriptive Grace: The How’s and Why’s of Grace

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Charles Churchill

If you’ve grown up in Christian circles or read many books on Christian topics, you probably run across a lot of different definitions for grace. Things like, “Grace is the unmerited favor of God” or “Grace is the power and … Continue reading →

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