Grace over Religion

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 ESV   To give a little backdrop to this post… Yesterday during our gathering, the question was asked – “If we are free in Christ, does that mean we can do whatever we want…won’t people take advantage of this?” Well let me tell you, this opened up a conversation that lasted the rest of service, it was great! I pondered this topic the rest of the day and on into the evening. In fact, I woke up this morning with the subject still fresh in my thoughts. So I figured it would make a good post…   To you, what does it mean to be free in Christ? We use this term constantly but is using the term enough? Are we living in “freedom” as the Bible means or are we living as we want? There is a difference.   The world would define freedom something like this; to be really free and able to do exactly what ever you want, when ever you want, how ever you want and...

I wrote this blog some time ago but in light of my last post, I felt compelled to post it again here... To all survivors of - 9/11; hurricane Katrina; the tsunami; the war on terror; the Amish slayings and most recently, the Carolina beach fire. To the homosexual community. To those whose innocence was stolen while abused at the hand of those who were called to show the way. To those who have been judged instead of supported with grace. To single moms who have been shunned instead of girded. To the many other groups and/or individuals I have not mentioned here by name... I 'M SORRY! Let me explain, I am a Christian leader and I have been very frustrated for some time about comments and protests that have been made "in the name of God" by those of the Christian faith who claim to represent Him in the vocational capacity. I am not going to name any certain group, individual or denomination as that would simply add to the problem. I must also confess that in the past, I too...