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"Do American Christians Need the Message of Grace or a Call to Holiness?"

By SharperIron Tue, 01/29/2013 - 7:05am
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“Grace is more than some benign, sweet syrup poured over us by a God who only says, ‘I love you just as you are; promise me you won’t change a thing.’”

Tue, 01/29/2013 - 7:19am
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Titus 2:11-13

    
Tue, 01/29/2013 - 5:29pm
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Skeptical of the Methodist's take

The Methodist commentator omits from his response that he believes (or at least his denomination insists) that at some point, a genuine Christian's failure to pursue holiness sufficiently results in the loss of salvation.  Seems to me that necessarily makes his take on the holiness/grace discussion less appropriate as a counterpoint; he's not necessarily comparing apples to apples.

    
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 9:40am
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Since when are they

Since when are they different?

    
Wed, 01/30/2013 - 4:48pm
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i think the bottom line

 is that someone who thinks that "grace" doesn't lead to holiness doesn't understand grace. 

 

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Sun, 02/24/2013 - 12:58pm
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Well said, Anne

I think Anne head hit the nail on the head. Grace and holiness go together. Scripturally speaking, we can never truly have one without the other.

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Tue, 02/26/2013 - 6:42pm
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Grace teaches

Why I love Titus 2.11-13 so much.

The salvation-bringing grace of God teaches us what we must "deny" and what sort of life we ought to strive to live.