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I’ve been keeping a running tally over the last several months because it’s usually the case that Grant and I sit agape during church<\/a>. Our collective jaws drop, we nudge each other, point and nod and giggle, and then I scribble and he iPhone-taps it all down so that we can remember.<\/p>\n

This Message outside of fundamentalism is so different<\/em>. So very<\/em> different.<\/p>\n

The first time I started recording these epiphanies was last December before Communion. Our pastor<\/a> said:<\/p>\n

You sin. You go to God. You ask forgiveness. He forgives you. You leave.<\/p>\n

You sin again. You go to God. You ask forgiveness. He forgives you. You leave.<\/p>\n

You sin again. You go to God. You ask forgiveness. He forgives you. You leave.<\/p>\n

You sin again. . . .<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I literally held my breath and stiffened my back. I was braced. I knew what was next, right? You do too. Said in a loud, scolding, harsh voice (summoning the spirit of the great revivalists): “When are you going to get your act together and stop<\/strong><\/em> sinning<\/em>!? How can you even call yourself a Christian when you keep sinning like that??!”<\/p>\n

But that’s not what he said. Instead:<\/p>\n

The problem comes when you stop<\/em> going back to God — either because of your moralism or secularism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Huh? . . . Wait a second. Say what?<\/p>\n

It went by so fast. Grant and I were blinking at the pastor and then whispering to each other. We were sure we misunderstood something. What<\/em> did he say?<\/p>\n

He was right, of course. It’s not about me being perfect because Christ did that. If it were about me doing all the right things, then I wouldn’t have a very clear sense of my full-of-sin status. It’s not about me getting all my ducks in a row before I go to God. The church is a hospital, not a pageant.<\/p>\n

How wrong I heard it for all those years.<\/p>\n

But this? This really is Sola Gratia<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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