When grace replaces guilt and fear...
When relationship outweighs behavior...
When church involvement becomes meaningless rituals...
When you refuse to live in fear of what others might think or say...
When rejecting others over dogma or doctrine becomes sickening...
And when you want to be a simple human being accepting and loving all the other human beings...
The only thing left is a carpenters son saying Come Follow Me and that makes all of the difference.
I write these blogs because I have a desire to express my own personal views about life its own self. I do not write to change anyone’s mind nor form an argument. This and some articles to follow are just reports on how I see things.
The way I view and relate to homosexuality is the result of some mind changing encounters that I want to share. That will make this the longest blog I have written and hopefully the longest I ever will write but the stories seem to be important.
Read MoreGrace is loving someone when there is no reason to do so.
Mercy is loving someone when there are reasons not to do so.
I am thankful for the grace God has shown toward me.
I am even more grateful for the mercy I have received.
Jesus was a person of both grace and mercy and paid a price for both. One of the major sources for the criticism he faced and the hatred that ultimately led to His death was the people He loved and befriended. The late John Claypool, one of the most brilliant ministers I have known…
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