Category Archives: grace

Grace is unfair (thank goodness!)

Posted on June 23, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of … Continue reading →

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‘Mirror, mirror, on the wall…’

Posted on May 27, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) My first understanding of grace came by way of my worst understanding of me. “Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone … Continue reading →

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Losing isn’t so bad after all

Posted on May 19, 2022 by jwfisch

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Well the Angels won the 7-inning game on my birthday but they lost the 9-inning one. They might as well have phoned in the eighth inning, allowing 7 runs on … Continue reading →

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‘Joy Deep As Sorrow’

Posted on December 22, 2021 by jwfisch

Well, we made it. As the dawn started to creep into the morning sky, I realized we had made it through the longest night of the year. From now on, the sun will come up a little earlier and go … Continue reading →

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Not so amazing grace?

Posted on December 13, 2021 by jwfisch

Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Revelation 2:4 But whoever has been forgiven little loves little. Luke 7:47 Knowing the love of God is a factor of forgiveness. Forgiveness is a factor of confessed sin. … Continue reading →

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Grace interrupted

Posted on November 17, 2021 by jwfisch

See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God. Hebrews 12:15 How can you fall short of the grace of God? I can understand falling short of the law of God, since we all do that, … Continue reading →

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Love over barriers

Posted on October 25, 2021 by jwfisch

For the past three weeks, Hebrews 13 has been revealing its treasures to us daily. There are many and they are prophetic, and they are so very timely. And I am personally excited because I have been praying for this. … Continue reading →

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One more reason why church should be like an AA meeting

Posted on October 22, 2021 by jwfisch

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. Hebrews 13:13 “Hi, my name is John, and I’m a sinner.” “Hi John!” That’s the way church should begin. Before the Call to Worship; before the opening … Continue reading →

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Where grace meets disgrace

Posted on October 14, 2021 by jwfisch

And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood. Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. Hebrews 13:12-13 What happened? According to this verse there is something disgraceful … Continue reading →

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Strengthened by grace

Posted on October 12, 2021 by jwfisch

It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace. Hebrews 13:9 Have you ever thought of grace as strengthening you heart? I haven’t until I asked my wife about this and she said, “Oh yes! It’s my only hope.” … Continue reading →

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