2 Peter 1 says, “Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of ...

From pilgrim to pilgrim God’s abounding grace continues. We need only recall Paul’s conversion, Martin Luther’s "tower ...

This is what makes the Catholic understanding of the sacraments so beautiful. God takes ordinary things and uses them for ...

I am not the world’s most patient person. In fact, I have an extremely low tolerance threshold for nagging and repeated questioning. When people are condescending (especially if they are in the wrong) ...

“For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.” (Philippians 2:13 NLT, second edition) As Christians, we tend to think about grace when it’s connected to our ...

We live in an age that speaks constantly of self-esteem and self-expression, yet rarely of sanctifying grace—the only source of enduring joy. Among the most serious spiritual problems in the world ...

The grace of God often enters our lives by showing us the tremendous gap between who we are and whom the Lord dreamt of us ...

Grace is a mystery in more ways than one. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines it as our “participation in the life of God” (No. 1997). When we speak of God as a mystery, we mean that God is ...

1987 The grace of the Holy Spirit has the power to justify us, that is, to cleanse us from our sins and to communicate to us "the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ" and through ...

I can flip a switch, but I don’t provide the electricity. When I turn on the overhead light in the morning, I don’t celebrate, “Hey, look what I did! I turned the lights on!” I didn’t provide the ...

Theologian John Barclay distills and updates his game-changing study of God’s “incongruous” grace in Christ. I often use that illustration with my students when I try to help them reflect on the ...