When Jesus sets conditions on grace

When Jesus won't accept neutrality

In the wake of a tragic suicide, we need to move beyond the person's death and remember his or her life, in addition to God's grace.

Our relationship with God validates everything else.

We must avoid dishonest worship, calculated worship, and thoughtless worship in order to truly present ourselves at Jesus' feet.

God understands and rules over the terror of this world.

Christians should respond to evil by acting in love on the side of truth.

God's 'chesed' love is active, ongoing, and the basis of our thanksgiving.

The only way we can reject discrimination, as James exhorts us to, is to make ourselves servants who care about others more than ourselves.