Tag Archives: grace

Grace is to give away

Posted on September 9, 2019 by jwfisch

When you think about it, there is really no such thing as Grace alone without being Grace Turned Outward. I don’t think you can have it. It’s not like two stages of grace: you get one, and then sometime later, … Continue reading →

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Pop quiz

Posted on September 3, 2019 by jwfisch

  Last week I met a former prof at a Christian University who taught courses in Biblical Studies and he shared with me one of his favorite things to do in his classes to help teach his students about grace. … Continue reading →

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Football, forgiveness and a fallacy

Posted on August 29, 2019 by jwfisch

As Christians and evangelical Christianity get more and more mention in the press, we need to be smarter about testing what is properly represented, misrepresented, or what might have been compromised in the process. For instance, I read a newspaper … Continue reading →

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Better to be saved

Posted on August 19, 2019 by jwfisch

Trying to be better is way over-rated. It’s more beneficial to be one who is saved and out seeking others who are lost.

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Grace Card: Don’t leave home without it

Posted on August 11, 2019 by jwfisch

Any relationship is going to require a Grace Card. That’s because we are destined to fail each other over and over again. We will fail each other because we are fallible, and we will fail without even trying, because our … Continue reading →

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Something from nothing

Posted on July 18, 2019 by jwfisch

Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could. So somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done something good.  – The Sound of Music The sentiment in this song is a beautiful and tender expression of grace from a … Continue reading →

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The Big One

Posted on July 16, 2019 by jwfisch

Californians are talking about earthquakes again. Faults, and tectonic plates, and shifts in the earth’s crust are all the rage. After 20 years of relative calm, everyone is wondering when and where the next one will come. And here in … Continue reading →

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Speechless in (your city here)

Posted on July 12, 2019 by jwfisch

If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself. 2 Timothy 2:13 We have a Catch member who has found out his wife has been unfaithful. Though his heart has been broken and he’s lost nights of … Continue reading →

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Case dismissed

Posted on July 10, 2019 by jwfisch

Three months ago, I spent the morning in a courtroom with my 19-year-old son, Chandler. Although he was of the age that the court now treats him as an adult, I went along for moral support. About a year ago, … Continue reading →

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Use your freedom well

Posted on July 1, 2019 by jwfisch

On this week of national holidays — Canada: today; U.S.: Thursday; Hong Kong: today, not so happy (see below) — it’s important to refocus our direction and calling. Sometimes we forget how significant this message of Grace Turned Outward really … Continue reading →

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