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THE GOSPEL OF GRACE?

Put bluntly: the American church today accepts grace in theory but denies it practice. We say we believe that the fundamental structure of reality is grace, not works – but our lives refute our faith.

By and large, the gospel of grace is neither proclaimed, understood, nor lived. Too...

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