Frank Viola is a best-selling author, blogger, speaker, and consultant to authors and writers. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. To learn more about Frank and his work, go to 15+ Years of Projects. To invite Frank to speak at your event, go to his Speaking Page. Frank’s assistant moderates comments.
Thanks for this one, Frank. I attended a funeral for a beloved saint taken by cancer a couple of weeks ago and the speaker shared how one of her favorite mantras was “I’m just a sinner saved by grace”. II Corinthians 5:17 came to mind immediately and stirred my heart that so many, including myself for many decades, bought into this as (1) an excuse for perceived failures to measure up to the institutional standards or (2) to set ones self just a little higher than those “sinners” who have not been saved by that grace yet or (3) genuinely believed that that is all they could ever be in this world, short of eternity.
This podcast gives light to who we are in Christ and this new identity we exist in which surpasses traditional limitations of the lay-person – or even clergy for that matter. thank you for being a vessel that illuminates His light so that we might see more of Him in the here and now.
Jared Feria
Is the third part of this message–Eph 3–posted somewhere in the podcast history?
Frank Viola
No. But it will be part of the upcoming course “A Deeper Journey Into Ephesians” – sign up to get updates here: http://frankviola.info/2015/04/21/courses/
Mark Burnett
Thanks for this one, Frank. I attended a funeral for a beloved saint taken by cancer a couple of weeks ago and the speaker shared how one of her favorite mantras was “I’m just a sinner saved by grace”. II Corinthians 5:17 came to mind immediately and stirred my heart that so many, including myself for many decades, bought into this as (1) an excuse for perceived failures to measure up to the institutional standards or (2) to set ones self just a little higher than those “sinners” who have not been saved by that grace yet or (3) genuinely believed that that is all they could ever be in this world, short of eternity.
This podcast gives light to who we are in Christ and this new identity we exist in which surpasses traditional limitations of the lay-person – or even clergy for that matter. thank you for being a vessel that illuminates His light so that we might see more of Him in the here and now.
Greg
Ok, a few months back was almost a year ago. Wow. Time flies. 🙂