Tag: Grace

• Easy Chairs & Hard Words – Part 3

  by Douglas Wilson  “At last,” I thought. “Now we should be able to talk about what brought me here in the first place.” Pastor Spenser and I were both settling in chairs with the conversation already well under way.  “I know what your position is,” I said. “But I am afraid that I still don’t…

  Dennis Griffith

  February 18, 2008

  Reformed Theology

  5 Points of Calvinism, Calvinism vs. Arminianism, Christianity, Doctrine, Doctrines of Grace, Eternal Salvation, Eternal Security, Five Points of Calvinism, Gospel, Grace, Grace vs. Works, Perseverance of the Saints, Presbyterian, Preservation of the Saints, Reformed Doctrine, Reformed Theology, Salvation by Grace, Theology

• Sin Boldly

  I’m going to start a new category: Graffiti. This categtory will offer some great quotes.   I don’t know many that would top the following from Luther:   “If you are a preacher of grace, then preach a true and not a fictitious grace; if grace is true, you must bear a true and not a fictitious sin.…

  Dennis Griffith

  January 20, 2008

  Christian Life, Graffiti

  Christianity, Forgiveness, Gospel, Grace, Martin Luther, Sin

• Good Enough!

  Are You Tired of Trying to Measure Up? Paula Rinehart wrote the article below for Discipleship Journal. *** One fall evening, after months of recurring chest pain   and a rather hectic schedule, I found myself  thinking out loud with my husband as we watched the sun sink lower and lower in the Colorado sky. We…

  Dennis Griffith

  December 12, 2007

  Gospel, Spiritual Formation

  Christianity, Freedom, Gospel, Grace, Living by Grace, Living in Grace, sanctification, Spiritual Formation

• What is the Gospel?

  Gospel means “good news.” The good news is: you (and I) are more sinful and flawed than you (or I) ever dared believe, yet you (and I) can be more accepted and loved than you (or I) ever dared hope at the same time, because Jesus Christ lived and died in our place. As the…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 29, 2007

  Gospel

  Christ, Christian Life, Chrsitianity, counterfeit Gospels, God Man, Gospel, Grace, Humanity, Jesus Christ, Legalism, Moralism, pragmatism, Reconciliation with God, relativism, Sin, Sinner

• Balance of Truth

  True Christianity consists of a proper mixture of fear of God, and of hope in his mercy; and wherever either of these is entirely wanting, there can be no true Faith. God has joined these things, and we ought by no means to put them asunder.    He cannot take pleasure in those who fear him…

  Dennis Griffith

  November 16, 2007

  Graffiti

  Christianity, Edward Payson, faith, Fear of God, Fearing God, God Fearing, God’s mercy, Grace, hope, Love of God, Spirituality, True Spirituality

• The Gospel in 6-Minutes

  Paul, the Apostle, wrote:  I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes…  (Romans 1.16) The Gospel is a phrase I am fond of, and use frequently.  But from time to time I have to stop and recognize that not everybody immediately understands…

  Dennis Griffith

  October 31, 2007

  Gospel

  Cross, Gospel, Grace, Jesus, John Piper, Justification, Love of God, Sanctifcation

• Love Your Neighbor

  “What do you want your church to be known for?”, I was asked.    “I want this community to know that Walnut Hill Church loves them,” I replied.   I want people to know we care about them, and that we are for them, even if they will never darken the doorway of our church.  I believe…

  Dennis Griffith

  October 10, 2007

  Gospel

  Don Waltermyer, Gospel, gospel in action, gospel-drive, Grace, great commandment, Love your neighbor, Missional, servant, servant evangelism, Washington PA, Washington PCA, Washington Presbyterian Church