Comments on: Don’t Give Up On Grace http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Seedplots » Trusting the Gospel http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace/comment-page-1#comment-491880 Seedplots » Trusting the Gospel Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:41:13 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace#comment-491880 [...] Here’s the original link. [...] [...] Here’s the original link. [...]

]]> By: dumb ox http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace/comment-page-1#comment-276951 dumb ox Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:29:00 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace#comment-276951 Could you do the egg, bacon, guilt and sausage without the guilt then? Guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt. Lovely guilt! Wonderful guilt! (Guilt-a-Lot! It was a hit on Broadway. Now experience it at a church near you!) Ironically, our relativistic society is more guilt-driven than ever. No is ever rich enough or pretty enough or fashionable enough or popular enough to satisfy Madison Avenue or Hollywood. I think people would respond to the message of grace if they could hear it, but evangelicalism has become just another bi-product of that same culture. There's no rest for the weak and heavy-laden. Could you do the egg, bacon, guilt and sausage without the guilt then?

Guilt, guilt, guilt, guilt. Lovely guilt! Wonderful guilt!

(Guilt-a-Lot! It was a hit on Broadway. Now experience it at a church near you!)

Ironically, our relativistic society is more guilt-driven than ever. No is ever rich enough or pretty enough or fashionable enough or popular enough to satisfy Madison Avenue or Hollywood. I think people would respond to the message of grace if they could hear it, but evangelicalism has become just another bi-product of that same culture. There’s no rest for the weak and heavy-laden.

]]> By: Jon S http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace/comment-page-1#comment-276913 Jon S Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:37:42 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace#comment-276913 See, this is why I love reading posts over here. Christ is at the center. Amen! I posted a related topic today: http://spadinofamily.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/the-lust-for-divinty-and-the-movie-beowulf/ See, this is why I love reading posts over here. Christ is at the center. Amen!

I posted a related topic today:

http://spadinofamily.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/the-lust-for-divinty-and-the-movie-beowulf/

]]> By: Pastor M http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace/comment-page-1#comment-276911 Pastor M Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:24:46 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/dont-give-up-on-grace#comment-276911 Great advice at the beginning of another week. Problems arise when it's our way rather than God's way. The Gospel does impact people, but not always in the ways that we handle it. Bowling people over with Bible verses that mean nothing to them and expecting them to pray the so-called "sinner's prayer" within 3-5 minutes just doesn't cut it any longer. Trusting the leadership of the Holy Spirit is always a good idea, to state the obvious. As you say, "Grace is the good stuff." Great advice at the beginning of another week. Problems arise when it’s our way rather than God’s way. The Gospel does impact people, but not always in the ways that we handle it. Bowling people over with Bible verses that mean nothing to them and expecting them to pray the so-called “sinner’s prayer” within 3-5 minutes just doesn’t cut it any longer. Trusting the leadership of the Holy Spirit is always a good idea, to state the obvious. As you say, “Grace is the good stuff.”

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