Grace, Peace, and a Few Things of Lesser Importance...

Here is what I posted at the Grace and Peace blog yesterday. Check it out to find more gospel centered writing in several different types from my good friends.

In this world of new media there are millions of voices vying for the opportunity to be heard. Nothing guarantees that any of these voices will be worth your time, in fact, most of them aren’t worth the cost of the computers by which they communicate their opinions, but they are still there and you have the choice to give them your time and attention or not.

After having said all of that, allow me to introduce the Grace and Peace blog. Several new voices added to the blogosphere: myself (Stephen), Lukas, Jonathan, Sarah, JD, and probably some others from time to time. But what could we possibly add that hasn’t already been said? Hopefully nothing. It is not the goal of any person writing on this blog to blow your mind with some sort of new wisdom. Instead, we are only as wise as we have given ourselves to the guidance of Scripture.

Finally, why Grace and Peace? Well, we needed a name. But this term has great significance in Scripture. It is the term Paul used to greet the recipients of all thirteen of his letters. In addition we find the term used by Peter in both of his letters and even John at the beginning of Revelation. What makes this greeting especially great is that it serves as a summary of the gospel.

Matthew Henry writes:

“All gospel blessings are included in these two: grace and peace. Peace, that is all good; peace with God, peace in your own consciences, peace with all that are about you; all these founded in grace. “(Matthew Henry’s Commentary, Romans 1:7)

This blog will only be helpful inasmuch as it points people to God’s Word and the redemption that is found therein. Just as Paul had this way of opening his letters he frequently closed them in similar fashion with the phrase “grace be with you.” Hopefully you will find these posts to be gospel saturated, even when the topic being addressed is seemingly irrelevant to the gospel.

There is diversity in this group and that will be reflected in the kinds of posts this blog will contain from day to day and the subjects that will be addressed. But one thing, if nothing else, holds this group in complete unity, the gospel. So please subscribe or stop by occasionally for some good discussion, quotes, song lyrics, and probably even some designs. New content will be added every week day.

Grace and Peace,
Stephen