Without a heart transformed by the grace of Christ, we just continue to manage external and internal darkness.
Grace does not make sin safe. But grace does make sinners safe.
A Church worshipping as a Creature of the Word doesn't show up to perform or be entertained; she comes desperate and needy, thirsty for grace, receiving from The Lord and the body of Christ, and then gratefully receiving what she needs as she offers her praise- the only proper response to the God who saves us.
While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly a gift of God's mercy and grace.
Every missionary I know is extraordinarily ordinary. Everything they do, they do by the grace of God.
The glory of God is that you can't outs in His grace.
