New Grace Church Website & Blog Home

Take a moment to visit Grace’s new website. A few things you’ll find there are:

1. Much more accessible information about Grace Church
2. The GC blog is included in the website, but you can also subscribe to the RSS feed to more easily keep up with new posts.
3. There is an events calendar allowing you to click each event and stay on top of pertinent information.
4. The information throughout the site has been condensed and is better organized.

* Though the new site has been launched, we will continually be adding new information to the site and ironing out any bugs. As you see something that we can enhance or needs correction please supply a comment on this post or through the new site.

On Christ’s Glory

From First Importance:

“On Christ’s glory I would fix all my thoughts and desires, and the more I see of the glory of Christ, the more the painted beauties of this world will wither in my eyes and I will be more and more crucified to this world. It will become to me like something dead and putrid, impossible for me to enjoy.”

- John Owen, The Glory of Christ (Carlisle, Pa.: Banner of Truth Trust, 1994), 7.

Resolution For Responding to Sinful People (like Preachers)

“…We’ll return to church in the late afternoon to once more hear a sinful brother preach what I’m sure will be an excellent but somehow-imperfect sermon.”

That’s a quote from Tim Challies’ post. He’s aiming at how to develop an appropriate response to living in a sinful world. He uses examples of his selfish children, sinful pastor, personal sin, and fallen friends. So, how should we respond. I think the answer he found from a 300+ year old friend is the right response…

Read Tim’s short post & the answer from the 300 year old.

Modern-Day Acts 4

This story sounds like a modern-day version of the things Bryan shared with us from Acts 4.

Whoever Wishes to be Great Shall be Last of All

“Well would it be for Christendom, if empty boasts of churchmanship and orthodoxy were less frequent, and practical attention to our Lord’s words in this passage more common. The men who are willing to be last of all, and servants of all, for Christ’s sake, are always few. Yet these are the men who do good, break down prejudices, convince infidels that Christianity is a reality, and shake the world.” – J.C. Ryle

Needy Always

Commenting on Mark 9:14ff:

Let us learn a lesson of humility from the failure of the disciples. Let us strive to realize every day our need of the grace and presence of Christ. With Him we may do all things. Without Him we can do nothing at all. With Him we may overcome the greatest temptations. Without Him the least may overcome us. Let our cry be every morning, “leave us not to ourselves–we know not what a day may bring forth–if your presence does not go with us we cannot go up.” – J.C. Ryle

Missionary Death

Please pray for the family of a summer student missionary in Peru who died in a bus accident.

Two Resources: Firefox & Google Reader

Most of you know about and use these already. But, I’m surprised how many folks I talk with who don’t know about (or haven’t taken time to figure out how to use) these great resources:

1. The New Firefox (Downloading is simple)
2. Google Reader

• Google Reader is an excellent tool for keeping track of blogs, in addition to being a MEGA time-saver. Customizing it up is simple. I’ve been using it for a long time now. You’ll never have to check to see if a blog has been updated again. Reader brings updates to you.

Touch not the glory, carry well the Name

(by ns)

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name’s sake.  1 John 2:12

Predestined Praise

(by: jt)

“…And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF’?” – Matt. 21:16