203 results for tag: grace


God’s Grace Is For Everyone – by Greg Albrecht

For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. —Titus 2:11   You are invited to the kingdom of heaven, and the invitation is called "the gospel" (good news) because it has no strings attached. You and I are invited to the kingdom of heaven in spite of what we have done! The body of Christ on earth is not the equivalent of an exclusive country club or a cloistered, highly restricted religious fraternity or union. Titus 2:11 says that God's grace is available to everyone—it doesnot promise or insist that everyone receives and accepts it —but grace is available, and it's for everyone. There's a story I ...

March 2025

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: What He Did for You and Me – pg. 1 Our Hope in Christ – pg. 2 The Christ-Centered Mission of CWR/PTM – pg. 4 True Abundance – pg. 6 Attack of the Wild Blackberries – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

February 2025

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Greg Albrecht "You Don't Love Me!" – pg. 2 Richard Rohr God, the Lover of Life – pg. 5 Brad Jersak "God is Love, but..." Nothing! – pg. 7

When Christ-less Religion Meets God’s Grace – by Greg Albrecht

All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.—John 16:1-3 What happens when fear, shame and guilt meet God's unconditional love? Human history is a record of titanic struggles and classic confrontations. Biblically, we think of Moses and the seemingly defenseless Israelites, hemmed in by the mountains, with the Red Sea at their back, being pursued by the finest, most well-equipped and trained army in the world at that time. We ...

Q&R with Greg Albrecht – “Law or Grace: A Debate”

Question 1: I have read repeatedly in the Bible about the “wedding garment” – most importantly, the passage where the man in heaven is seated at the table of the feast and is found not to have a wedding garment on. He is asked why and is speechless. So he is bound and thrown into “the darkness, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 22:13). How do I know if I will have a “wedding garment”? Response 1: Great question! A study of wedding garments in the New Testament reveals that only Jesus can provide the wedding garment. The wedding garment is given, by grace, not by works. No amount of sewing or shopping on our part ...

Grace – Up on the Roof – by Greg Albrecht

The second chapter of Joshua tells us that a woman named Rahab found grace in the most unexpected manner and place. This story would make a great Hollywood action-thriller. It's a story that includes adventure, suspense, military conflict, spies—and, of course, a beautiful woman. It has all the elements of a block-buster hit at the box office. The leading character of this drama is a prostitute named Rahab. We can be fairly certain that Rahab was not invited to join the important clubs in Jericho where she lived, because she lived and worked on the fringes of polite society. While Rahab's way of earning a living may have been more acceptable in ...

The Grace Invasion

According to C.S. Lewis, the birth of Jesus can be likened to the rightful king who parachuted behind enemy lines, encouraging those who followed him to take part in a great campaign of sabotage. It was the grace invasion! It still is!

December 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak Sometimes, Waiting Is Hard – pg. 2 Laura Urista Great Gifts in Small Packages – pg. 4 Greg Albrecht Believe Him & Receive Him – pg. 5

God’s Love and Grace Lifts Us Up – by Greg Albrecht

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing… and doing things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry…The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks. Historians are pessimists because they ignore the banks for the river.         – Will and Ariel Durant   We cannot ignore the warfare, bloodshed, brutality, oppression, poverty and disease that are a part of the river of history, a noxious, defiled sewer that contin...

Q&R: If grace is free, why a ‘price’? Brad Jersak

If grace and forgiveness is a free gift from God, why does the Bible use payment language, such as 'ransom,' 'redemption,' 'bought' and 'purchased' to describe the Cross?  

CWR Video – Grace as a Gift

In this CWR Video, Greg discusses the topic of Grace and how Grace is a Gift. https://vimeo.com/999193809 If this post has helped you, please subscribe and share it freely. We also invite you to help us continue to help others with a donation. Click here if you're able to partner with us

Passing On Gods Grace

Are you passing on God's grace? Or, have you accepted God's grace and are you passing it on to others? Greg examines the parable of the laborers in the vineyard for its lessons about the grace of God.

October 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak Simone Weil: An Astonishing Life – pg. 2 Greg Albrecht "Everyone Is Forgiven" – pg. 5

September 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Articles: Gift After Gift After Gift – pg. 1 In Search of a Lost Art – pg. 2 Sister Rivals – pg. 5 Outside the Walls – pg. 7 Quotes & Connections – pg. 8

A Great Grace Give-Away — by Greg Albrecht

David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?" Now there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" "At your service," he replied. The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?" Ziba answered the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan; he is lame in both feet." "Where is he?" the king asked. Ziba answered, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar." So King David had him brought from Lo Debar, from the house of Makir son of ...

Does God Have a Strategic Plan for You? – by Ed Dunn

We are in the midst of an exciting strategic planning process here at Plain Truth Ministries (PTM). This planning process, which involves our team here in the Pasadena office, along with Brad Jersak in Canada, gives us an opportunity to take a fresh look at PTM’s mission, magazines and partner letters, books, on-line content, as well as the operations and procedures that support all we do in this ministry. As a closeknit team, we approach every aspect of this planning process prayerfully, as careful and conscientious stewards, asking God for guidance and wisdom as we look to the future. By definition, Strategic Planning is a type of planning ...

Grace = No More Scorekeeping – by Greg Albrecht

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.—1 Corinthians 13:4-5 Keeping score is one of the fundamental predispositions of human beings. Keeping score is the way we operate, it's the way we gauge our progress and that of others and it is one of the primary ways in which our culture motivates us. I learned to keep score at an early age via two of my passions—sports and music. The first score-keeping experience I had in sports was with the game of baseball. As I recall, I was about ten years old ...

August 2024

CLICK HERE to read now (PDF Format) Brad Jersak The Gospel According to A.I. – pg. 2 Greg Albrecht "Divine Appointments?" – pg. 5 Ed Dunn Running the Race – pg. 6

Alone No More – Ken Williams

Early in life I felt disconnected from God, family, and others. I felt I was on the “outside looking in.” Circumstances beyond a child’s control contributed to feeling this way, but that wasn’t the problem. I didn’t know Jesus was with me and using my imagination, I chose to “escape”. I didn’t know it but God used the circumstances of life to prepare me to receive his Son, believe in his name, give me birth to be his child, and then welcome me home. It took time. Circumstances? Mom and dad were grieving twin sons Johnny and Joel’s deaths. They were less than a month old. They isolated from one another as pains in life ...

Standing Firm in God’s Grace – Part 2

Can a Christian live anyway they like, walk on the wild side, live a permissive and immoral lifestyle and say they are justified in doing so because of God's grace?  Is it possible they really are in Christ?  How can they be saved if all of the evidence is to the contrary? https://www.ptm.org/mp3/FreeDwnld/PTR0339.mp3