Tag: Grace
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#5 A Practical Guide for Living by Faith
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2026 (Mar. 25, 2026) — When grace appears, to reject it is hard. Some say it is impossible, that grace is irresistible. Yet, the church’s first martyr made that very charge against his executioners. “Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears!” Stephen bristled. “You always resist the Holy Spirit;…
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#4 A Practical Guide for Living by Faith
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2026 (Mar. 18, 2026) — The critics of Jesus couldn’t fathom that He was obeying God. Their God—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—had commissioned Solomon to build the Temple and centuries later recalled a remnant of the Israelites from exile to rebuild it. But just the day before, Jesus…
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“Blessed Forever”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 17, 2026) — In the depths of winter’s darkness,God sent angels to your sideBeckoning as you lay sleepingCome, dear heart; we’ll be your guide. That moment many years agoWould place you in a chair for lifeStealing all those special momentsBringing sadness, tears and strife. But you now are in His kingdomRunning…
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Grace’s Amazing Adventure
by Sarah Earlene Shere, ©2024 (Jun. 28, 2024) — A ball of red-orange braids and freckles wrapped in a patchwork dress tumbled down the flower-strewn knoll and burst open, at the bottom, with giggles. The small creatures of the wood had scattered from Grace’s wake, all but one curious rabbit who approached the child giant,…
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Barnabas Saw God’s Grace. Would He See It in Us?
by Dennis Gladden, By Green Pastures, ©2024 (May 21, 2024) — Of all that this generation has dissed—marriage, gender, the science of things, the Lord’s Day, and such—grace is the least thought of. Our rampant rage and ungraciousness are a disgrace. So, when someone tells me they have seen grace, you have my attention. Luke tells…