Teaching the opening session of the basic course in Lay Speaking last weekend, I led the class through the major doctrines of the Christian faith presented in the United Methodist Book of Discipline. “Can anyone explain what ‘justification’ means?” I asked. No one volunteered. That’s OK. Sometimes people don’t like to speak up in the [...]
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Bishop Mike Watson on ‘justifying grace’
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