GraceNotes

Attitude is pretty much everything during challenging seasons, don’t you think?

Paul was helpless in prison and a plot was underway to assassinate him!

It’s difficult for “normal” people to understand why there are so many Christian denominations, and why Christians quarrel and fight with each other over what seem to be minor points of religious doctrine.

The real issue is how you look at it.

It was a powerfully emotional goodbye as Paul “let go” of this church and these dear friends he had led and trained and cared for.

It’s not either preach it or live it. It’s both preach it and live it.

Is there someone in your world you sometimes feel like giving up on or simply writing them off?

Check things out and think things through before making judgments or arriving at conclusions.

Like Paul, my earthly and heavenly citizenships bring me into conflict as well.

I think we’ll always be wrestling with the tension between grace and law.