S2: Costly, but Free (When Strivings Cease)
When Strivings Cease • 19m
"There's no such thing as a free lunch." Over time, this phrase has come to express the idea that nothing is totally “free”—somewhere along the way, everything costs someone something. When it comes to our redemption, it's true that there's no free lunch, but we're not the ones buying! Grace cost Jesus *everything,* and he offers it to you and me at no cost, and with no strings attached. It’s *actually free!*
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