Overcome By Grace

If you read much of my writing, you will find that I love telling about the amazing fact that God would save a ruined sinner, a rebel to His will, a spiritually dead wretch like me. Here I was, rebelling against the holiness of God, and yet God loved me before the dawn of time. I am stunned that He would look down and have pity when I am in the midst of cursing His holy name. In fact, when I am hanging Him upon that cross, He was atoning for my sin. That should only bring me to my knees in awe. I have many favorite passages of scripture (Ephesians 2, Isaiah 53, Romans 7-8, and Galatians 5) that bring me to that point of awe, but for this I’d like to direct you to a majestic part of scripture, Romans 5:6-11: For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Chr...

So it begins. The first review is here. I have labored through four books to this point. It’s been a big challenge to get the books I’ve been reading finished (I picked four books, one over 400 pages, another at 330, one at 320, and another 240), but it has also been a lot of fun. (If you don’t know what my plan is, you can read the goal for this blog over on my “About Me” page.) Without further delay, let’s get to the first book of the year! (You can find this post’s book over on Amazon.) Reading Challenge:  The Imperfect Disciple: Grace for People Who Can't Get Their Act Together by Jared Wilson             I don’t think I could have started the year off with a better book. Jared Wilson does an amazing job writing an honest take on being a disciple of Christ. This book is for those tired of all the to-do lists for being a perfect disciple. It’s for us losers. It’s for the sinners. This book is for those of us who fail Every. Single. ...