The New Testament warns us about potential abuses of the teaching of grace, most strongly in Jude 4, which speaks of “godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.” That is a serious warning, and one with profound implications, and we need to be on guard for any teaching that justifies sin based on grace. That is not grace!

Today, there is a less extreme error in the teaching about grace that is very common in our churches, namely, that we are forgiven by grace although not transformed by grace. Recently, a senior editor with a major evangelical publication wrote an article that, in my view, presented a very deficient view of grace, and I wrote a long response to his article. You can read that article, entitled, “Appalling Grace,” and published on our Voice of Revolution magazine

I encourage you to take the time to read this carefully, since the issues involved are quite weighty. After you read it, feel free to post a comment on the blog there, or drop me a note and share your thoughts.