Tag Archives: law and grace

Hard time loving sinners?

It’s hard to love sinners when you are trying so hard not to be one.

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Keep the law you can’t keep

What’s the use of trading A law you can never keep For one you can But cannot get you anything? Do you understand the riddle above?  Because that’s what it is: a riddle. Can you solve it? It’s about the … Continue reading

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The law that sets you free

(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) “So whatever you say and whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free” (James 2:12).  The law that sets you free? That’s … Continue reading

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Keep what you can’t keep

  What’s the use of trading A law you can never keep For one you can But cannot get you anything? Do you understand the riddle above, because that’s what it is: a riddle. Can you solve it? It’s about … Continue reading

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Parting with one’s money

Sometimes the greatest experiences of giving come from receiving. I have been taught a lot by those who give to the Catch.  Last night we received a generous unexpected check from someone who had already recently sent us an extra … Continue reading

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Grace doesn’t play by the rules

Who can understand God’s Grace? Who can fathom its depth? Who can stretch as far as it can?  Who can know what it is going to do? Who can plan on it showing up? On one hand, there is cause … Continue reading

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Are we guilty of narcissistic spirituality?

A little guilt is good; too much guilt is selfish. To wallow in one’s guilt is to place too much importance on oneself. I think for too long, we have been too obsessed with our own spirituality. God doesn’t want … Continue reading

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Ben Stiller, rules and religion, and Christ

In an interview this weekend in Parade magazine, actor and comedian, Ben Stiller, (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Zoolander, Zoolander No. 2, Night at the Museum) made a quotable quote about religion. Most of the article was devoted to … Continue reading

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I Will Still Love You

I Will Still Love You Words by John Fischer Music by John Fischer, Dan Russell and Victor LeComer You can give me everything Or take it all away Make the sky above me blue Or you can turn it gray … Continue reading

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12 Steps for the Recovering Pharisee (like me)

“How foolish can you be? After starting your new lives in the Spirit, why are you now trying to become perfect by your own human effort?” (Galatians 3:3 NLT) They’ll never see the light if all you preach is hate … Continue reading

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