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    C. S. Lewis
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    Matthew 18:3, 2 Corinthians 12:9, James 4:6, James 4:6, Matthew 5:3, 1 Peter 5:6
    Grace substitutes a full, childlike and delighted acceptance of our need, a joy in total dependence. The good man is sorry for the sins which have increased his need. He is not entirely sorry for the ...

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    Acts 11:1-18, John 14:6, Colossians 1:13-14, Psalm 103:12, Isaiah 1:18, 1 John 1:9, Micah 7:18
    The “grammar of the gospel” is the grammar of grace and response, the life-changing and life-giving intrusion of God into our midst, our lives, and our communities.

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    Duane Elmer
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    Revelation 7:9-10, John 4:21-23, Ephesians 2:14, Romans 10:12, Isaiah 56:7, Colossians 3:11
    God’s grace is present in all people and cultures. As we submit ourselves to learning from other cultures, we catch glimpses of God’s grace that would be unavailable in our own culture.

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    A.W. Pink
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    2 Corinthians 12:9, Luke 15:11-32, Ephesians 2:8, Genesis 32:10, James 4:10, James 4:6, Isaiah 6:1-8
    Growth in grace is growth downward. It is the forming of a lower estimate of ourselves. It is a deepening realization of our nothingness. It is a heartfelt recognition that we are not worthy of the le...

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    Dwight L. Moody
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    Mark 10:46-52, Romans 10:13, Psalm 145:18, Luke 23:39-43, 1 Peter 2:24, Romans 5:8, Luke 18:9-14
    If you are ready to partake of grace you have not to atone for your sins--you have merely to accept of the atonement. All that you want to do is to cry, "God have mercy upon me," and you wil...

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    Karl Barth
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    Acts 7:54-60, Psalm 23:4, Acts 2:1-4, John 14:26, Luke 15:11-32, Romans 5:8
    In His free grace, God is for man in every respect; He surrounds man from all sides. He is man's Lord who is before him, above him, after him, and thence also with him in history, the locus of man...

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    Timothy Keller
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    Acts 16:25-34, Romans 15:13, Psalm 126:3, John 21:15-19, Ephesians 2:4-5
    If we are saved by grace alone, this salvation is a constant source of amazed delight. Nothing is mundane or matter-of-fact about our lives. It is a miracle we are Christians, and the Gospel, which cr...

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    Billy Graham
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    Mark 15:39, Philippians 2:6-8, 1 John 4:10, Luke 23:34, Ephesians 1:7, 1 Peter 2:24, Luke 15:11-32
    The motive of grace is the infinite, compassionate love of a merciful God, but the work of grace was the death of Christ on the cross.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Genesis 12:1-4, Matthew 14:22-33, Acts 9:1-22, Matthew 25:14-30, 2 Corinthians 9:8
    For grace is given not because we have done good works, but in order that we may be able to do them.

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    Brennan Manning
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    Luke 23:39-43, John 21:15-19, Luke 15:11-32, Acts 9:1-22, John 15:5
    Living by grace inspires a growing consciousness that I am what I am in the sight of Jesus and nothing more.

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    Dallas Willard
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    Ruth 2:, Matthew 14:28-31, Nehemiah 2:17-20, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Corinthians 15:10
    Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    Matthew 11:28-30, Genesis 22:, Acts 9:1-19, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 19:16-22, Philippians 3:7-8, Romans 6:22
    Grace is costly because it compels a person to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow him; it is grace because Jesus says: “My yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

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    Jared C. Wilson
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    Luke 15:11-32, John 21:15-19, Luke 19:1-10, John 8:1-11, Acts 9:1-22, Philippians 2:13
    Grace is not simply about pardoning sinful behavior; it’s also about rewiring the sinners themselves. The grace the Bible talks about is power not just for justification but also for transformation.

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    Jean Pierre de Caussade
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    Mark 15:21-39, John 4:4-42, 2 Kings 5:1-14, 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Luke 2:1-7, John 9:1-3, 2 Corinthians 12:9
    [God’s grace is] always hidden under the strangest appearances.

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    John Stott
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    John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32, Luke 10:25-37, Luke 19:1-10, Luke 2:1-20, Titus 3:4-5, Romans 5:6-8
    Grace is God loving, God stooping, God coming to the rescue, God giving himself generously in and through Jesus Christ.

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    Karl Barth
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    2 Corinthians 8:1-4, Luke 7:36-50, Acts 2:44-47, John 13:12-15, Luke 10:25-37
    Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.

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    Karl Barth
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    Luke 1:46-55, Acts 9:, 1 Timothy 1:12-17, 2 Samuel 7:18-22, 1 Samuel 2:1-10, Luke 17:11-19, Psalm 100:4-5
    Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like thunder lightning.

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    Madeleine L'Engle
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    Acts 9:1-19, Luke 23:39-43, John 21:15-19, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32
    We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

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    Matthew 9:9-13, Matthew 8:5-13, John 4:1-26, Luke 19:1-10, Luke 10:25-37, 1 John 4:7-12
    It takes no grace to relate to someone who looks, thinks, and acts just like me . . . The more we love, and the more unlikely people we love, the more we resemble God — who, after all, loves ornery cr...

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    Randy Alcorn
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    John 21:15-19, Jonah 3:4, 2 Samuel 12:1-4, Mark 10:17-22, John 8:1-11, Titus 2:11-12, Ephesians 4:15
    If we minimize grace, the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation.

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    Samuel Storms
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    Luke 23:39-43, 2 Samuel 11:12, Acts 9:1-22, Luke 15:11-32, Matthew 20:1-16, Isaiah 55:8-9
    Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit. . . . Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to withdraw it in the presence of human demerit. . . . [Gra...

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    Edgar Cayce
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    Galatians 2:20, Acts 9:1-19, Genesis 45:1-15, Luke 10:25-37, Colossians 3:12-14, John 15:5, Galatians 5:22-23
    Grace is the wonderful spirit that imbues every fiber of our being when we practice the fruits of the spirit: kindness, patience, understanding, forgiveness, love, gentleness, fellowship and endurance...

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    Luke 23:39-43, Luke 15:11-32, John 19:16-30, 2 Corinthians 8:9, Isaiah 53:5, Romans 3:23-24
    Grace is a gift that costs everything for the giver and nothing for the recipient.

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    A. T. Robertson
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    Mark 2:1-12, Luke 23:39-43, Mark 5:25-34, Genesis 15:6, Titus 2:11-12
    Grace is God’s part, faith ours.

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    John 4:7-26, John 21:15-19, Matthew 9:9-13, Mark 10:17-22, Matthew 16:24-25, Romans 6:1-2, James 2:17
    Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace ...

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    Randy Alcorn
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    John 21:15-19, Jonah 3:4, 2 Samuel 12:1-4, Mark 10:17-22, John 8:1-11, Titus 2:11-12, Ephesians 4:15
    If we minimize grace, the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation.

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    Phillip Yancey
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    Luke 19:1-10, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:11-32, 1 John 4:19, Luke 6:35-35
    One who has been touched by grace will no longer look on those who stray as "those evil people" or "those poor people who need our help." Nor must we search for signs of "love...

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    Charles Hodge
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    Luke 7:36-50, Genesis 37:50, John 21:15-19, Luke 18:9-14, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, Philippians 2:5-8, Micah 6:8
    The doctrines of grace humble a man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.

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    William Stringfellow
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    Luke 23:39-43, Romans 4:18-21, Luke 15:11-32, Lamentations 3:22-24, Romans 8:24-25
    Hope is reliance upon grace in the face of death: the issue is that of receiving life as a gift, not as a reward and not as a punishment; hope is living constantly, patiently, expectantly, resiliently...

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    Anne Lamott
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    Romans 5:15-17, Romans 11:6, 1 Corinthians 1:3-4, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Galatians 2:21, Ephesians 1:6-7, Ephesians 2:5-8
    I do not at all understand the mystery of grace—only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
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