VISIBLE GRACE (August 15, 2025)

VISIBLE GRACE (August 15, 2025)

Sometimes through the dust and smoke, we trace the features of a friend—someone whose rich, remembered kindness soothes the soul and calms the turbulence. We hold on to such people for good reason: they have held us—gripped us, even—when the world seemed topsy-turvy and every voice was loud.

They were—they are—God’s grace in human form, a bit of heaven lingering to give us hope and get us through. In some faint way, they call to mind the one Who came to live among us and be one with us: “And the Word became flesh and lived among us. . . . full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

Friends hold us for a minute, or perhaps an hour: He holds us for eternity, and promises to never willingly let go. “Be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matt 28:20). Knowing how we doubt His love, Jesus repeatedly reminds us, “Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me” (Jn 15:15).

Grace visits us through selfless souls, and heals us through their acts of kindness. The God who motivates such generosity is no further from you than a friend who shares dark roads and waits with you for dawn’s first light.

So when you pray, thank God for friends who live His grace.

And stay in it. -Bill Knott

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A CIRCLE OF FORGIVENESS (September 18, 2026)

A CIRCLE OF FORGIVENESS (September 18, 2026)

As Christ grows greater in our minds, we lose our need to be authorities over what others think and do. The deepening awareness that we have been wrong more than we have been right—that we are only no...

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BETTER THAN OUR BEST (September 11, 2026)

BETTER THAN OUR BEST (September 11, 2026)

So you’ve lived a good life, a moral life, a life of treating others as you wish you would be treated. You pay your taxes when they’re due. You let the elderly go first. You rescue fledglings fallen f...

10 Syys 2min

More than Modesty Rules—Beth Hill with Beth Thomas

More than Modesty Rules—Beth Hill with Beth Thomas

What happens when the rules you were given for purity don't match the life you end up living? Beth Hill grew up inside purity culture's strict guidelines for dress, dating, and desire, and in this Lif...

8 Syys 17min

Fighting the Star Chamber by Shawn Boonstra

Fighting the Star Chamber by Shawn Boonstra

What does a 380-year-old fight over censorship have to do with the Seventh-day Adventist Church? In 1644, the poet John Milton published a furious defense of free speech — and Shawn Boonstra suggests ...

4 Syys 7min

Scripture Alone? by John Peckham

Scripture Alone? by John Peckham

Drive in snow and overcorrect one way, and you'll end up in the ditch on the other side. Theologian John Peckham argues the same danger lurks around one of Christianity's most contested ideas: sola sc...

3 Syys 15min

OUR CONFIDENCE IN GRACE (September 04, 2026)

OUR CONFIDENCE IN GRACE (September 04, 2026)

Between this moment and the final triumph of God’s love, there will be many moments when the outcome may appear in doubt. Hard-edged, hard-hearted people flourish in a world chilled by greed. Deceit—i...

3 Syys 1min

THE UNSTOPPABLE RIPPLE (August 28, 2026)

THE UNSTOPPABLE RIPPLE (August 28, 2026)

And you thought grace was just for individuals. When God’s mercy and affection are much-welcomed and deep-trusted, lasting impacts start to flow to all within the circle. Grudges soften at the edges; ...

27 Elo 2min

Why God Shows Up Before the Missionaries Do | unScripted EP 27

Why God Shows Up Before the Missionaries Do | unScripted EP 27

3 billion people on Earth have never heard the name of Jesus — and most of them live in cities the Adventist Church has been quietly leaving for decades. Gary Krause, Director of Adventist Mission at ...

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