What's So Amazing About Grace? Updated Edition - Session 2: An Unnatural Act
What's So Amazing About Grace? (Philip Yancey) • 16m
Forgiveness isn’t easy and rarely is it completely satisfying. Nagging injustices remain, and the wounds still cause pain. We have to yield again and again the residue of what we thought we had already surrendered long ago. Only by living in God’s grace will we find the strength to respond with grace toward others.
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