Audacious Grace

One of the significant debates in the early church was whether Jesus really became “flash” or just appeared to do so. Neo-Platonism, a major Greek philosophy influence on thinking at the time, assumed the material world was evil and could not imagine the spiritual and material mingling in the same “flesh.” That point of view [...]

In a recent conversation with Andre Oosthuizen on Facebook, I shared some of my journey to see internalized-shame as the significant barrier to internalizing grace. Andre lives in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal and has a wide-ranging ministry that is built on a “new paradigm” understanding about grace. The paradox is that this “new paradigm” is really the [...]