Alētheia

Primary text:   Ephesians 2:8–10 In the religious world today, there are many doctrinal errors taught as truth. Today we’re going to look at one of those things, and that is what Grace is and what it isn’t. Grace is God’s unearned provision of salvation through Jesus Christ. It does not mean that one is automatically saved, nor does it excuse disobedience. It is so easy to be lulled into a false sense of believing we are good as far as salvation because grace has us covered. We begin to think we can sin and still we are saved because, we reason, God provides salvation by grace. But that is where so many in the religious world, even in the church of Christ, believe we are saved by grace alone. When the truth is man will receive His gift of grace only provided that the conditions revealed in the gospel are met. Introduction The word  grace  is one of the most beautiful words in the Bible. We sing about grace. We pray and live with hope because of it. Without the grace of Go...

Text: Mark 5:25–34 “ 28  …because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I shall be healed.” Mark 5:28 Introduction There are moments in the Bible that are dramatic because everyone can see what is happening. The Red Sea parts, the walls of Jericho collapse, Lazarus gets up and walks out of his own tomb alive. But then there are moments when something extraordinary happens almost unnoticed. We find one such moment or event recorded in Mark chapter 5. Jesus is on his way to the house of Jairus whose daughter was dying. As He walks along He is surrounded by a crowd of people and they are pressing against Him from every direction. There is noise and confusion. There is urgency. And somewhere in that crowd is a woman. Now we are not told her name or where she was born. We do not know her family or really anything else at all about her up to that point. And after this day and event we are discussing we don’t know what became of her. But we know one thing about her: She believed that...