Quotes about Grace

He adored me in spite of my blunders. He never made me feel like the rules were more important than our relationship. He often corrected me, but he refused to punish me.

True freedom only occurs when we break off the shackles of fear and embrace a culture of mercy and grace.

punishing people for their mistakes creates self-destructive ecosystems that invite demonic oppression.

after all, hospitality was a virtue, one of the highest in Mamma's esteem.

No life is ever beyond the reach of the gospel's restorative powers, no matter how a woman's story plays out.

Conflict brings out the leader in us, transforms our lives from the mundane to the cosmic, and by God's grace forges us into more compassionate, selfless leaders.

What we discover is transforming grace (Romans 12:2) that leads Christians to "walk in newness of life" (Romans 6:4) and to avoid a life of sin (verses 1—14).

People want to recommend themselves to God by their sincerity; they think, 'If we do all we can, if we are but sincere, Jesus Christ will have mercy on us.' But pray what is there in our sincerity to recommend us to God? ... therefore, if you depend on your sincerity for your salvation, your sincerity will damn you.

Language like this, no doubt, seems foolishness and affectation to the world; but the well-instructed Bible reader will see in it the heartfelt experience of all the brightest saints. It is the language of men like Baxter, and Brainerd, and M'Cheyne. It is the same mind that was in the inspired Apostle Paul. Those that have most light and grace are always the humblest men.

God must have loved the plain people: He made so many of them.

There is always a best way of doing everything, if it be only to boil an egg. Manners are the happy ways of doing things.

A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.