Grace

is a little boy with cerebral palsy, and uses a communication board, goes on a class field trip and learns to ski in a modified sled. 2. Grace for President: by Kelly S. DiPucchio. Grace (an African American) wants to know why there has never been a girl president. This leads her class in an election for class president, using the electoral college. Grace learns that she can do anything, and finds support in unlikely places. 3. Jane and the Dragon: by Martin Bayton. Jane’s family wants…

Grace Lever is a highly decorated female entreprenuer, author and speaker who's mission is to empower and equip women with business skills that will enable them create profitable lifestyle businesses. Lever is the Founder of GraceLever.com and The Doing Academy and is a staunch advocate for the benefits of doing and getting things done. Inline with her philosophy of doing, her community boasts close to 10,000 highly dedicated women entrepreneurs. She is also behind many successful online…

America prides itself on being a democratic government and a land of equal opportunity, but does it live up to those standards? Incoming inequality is growing in American society, and the effectiveness of democracy is being threatened by this increasing inequality. While America has claimed to make strides toward racial and gender inequality there is a growing gap between the haves and have nots. This income gap is increasing rapidly between the rich and the middle class and the middle class is…

Cross Symbol of Grace As someone had said, “At the cross, God gave the most precious thing He possessed for the most undeserving people He knew.” This truth is vividly illustrated by Christ’s acceptance of the repentant thief while hanging on the cross. “Today you will be with me in paradise” (Luke 23:43). As Henk Hamsteeg put it in an article in Challenge Weekly, “A sin soaked criminal is received by a blood stained Savior. That’s the pure definition of grace.” And, as…

The author of Living the Cross-Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing is C.J. Mahaney. Mahaney is currently the pastor at Sovereign Grace Church in Louisville, and formerly held the position as president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, a mission which focused on church planting and growing. He also served as pastor for 27 years at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His 30-plus years of experience in vocational ministry are what qualify him to write this book. Summary of…

narrative, “The Healing Power of Grace,” by Katherine Lawrence. This narrative is about the author receiving grace following the death of her partner from a heart condition. The grace she received helped pull her out of her despair. The author is telling us that showing grace towards others, no matter what you think about the person, makes life possible. Lawrence is trying to say that showing grace towards a person shows that you care about them. Sadness is normal, and grace from others will…

The Cross Symbol of Grace Therefore, when we come to God through Christ, we come to a friendly Father and not to an angry God. Because now, He does not only see our sins but He see us stained with the blood of Jesus. The paradox of salvation is this: God is a God of love and therefore wants to forgive sinners. But he is also a God of holiness who must not and cannot overlook sin. How could God love sinners and yet not overlook their sin? No one would ever have dreamed of His…

Men: Can You Trust Them? In the novel Saving Grace, the author Lee Smith traces the spiritual journey of a young girl named Florida Grace Shepherd, or simply Grace. She is the eleventh child born to her father, Reverend Virgil Shepherd and his third wife, Fannie Flowers. Grace’s mother called her the ‘worrywart child’ (Smith 3). She loved her parents, but she did not like Jesus because He made them travel all the time, “And I actually hated Him when He made us take up traveling in His name,…

Thanksgiving Grace! And I’m not just talking about the prayer before the meal!  This year, with all of its good times, is almost over. But what a great time Thanksgiving is. It’s a time to reflect on the year’s past, examine the present, and look forward to what God has in store for the future in 2018. I think God wants our attitude to be...“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” (Psalm 107:1) One all-encompassing word comes to my mind at this time...Grace!…

Grace vs. Judgment Response This assignment consists of answering the following questions from chapters 12-18.  Chapter 12: What three comments does Packer relate to the Flood of Love? How do you explain the love of God and the fact that God punishes sin? How does Packer define love? The three comments made by Packer relating to the Flood of Love are “First notice the verb shed abroad. It means literally poured (or dumped) out. It suggests a free flow and a large quantity—in fact, an…