Tag Archives: unconditional love

Redeeming Grace

Posted on October 12, 2012 by billtonnis

Galatians 3:10 All who depend on works of the law are under a curse. Sounds confusing. We are told to follow the rules…but then St. Paul tells us that if we depend on “works of the law” that we “are … Continue reading →

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Unmerited Forgiveness

Posted on August 16, 2012 by billtonnis

Ezekiel 16:62-63 For I will re-establish my covenant with you, that you may remember and be covered with confusion, and that you may be utterly silenced for shame when I pardon you for all you have done, says the Lord … Continue reading →

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Open Mind

Posted on August 9, 2012 by billtonnis

Matthew 16:23 “You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” We tend to base so much of our lives on our own ability to reason…and yet Jesus was quite clear in his response to Peter that … Continue reading →

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Faith & Action

Posted on June 28, 2012 by billtonnis

Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.” Jesus would alternately use the phrases ‘kingdom of heaven‘ and ‘kingdom … Continue reading →

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All Is One

Posted on June 25, 2012 by billtonnis

Matthew 7:1-2 “Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.” Jesus tells us that before we notice the … Continue reading →

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Spread the Good News

Posted on June 6, 2012 by billtonnis

2 Timothy 1:8 So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord…but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God. God loves you infinitely no matter what you’ve done in the … Continue reading →

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Pay It Forward

Posted on June 5, 2012 by billtonnis

Mark 12:17 So Jesus said to them, “Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God.” So…just what does belong to God? Everything! Everything we are…our lives…our being…all of it belongs to God. We could … Continue reading →

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