Grace Doesn’t Merely Make Up for Our Deficiencies

It is so much better

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One of my favorite books is Transforming Grace, by Jerry Bridges. It is a simple, but profound and deeply helpful exploration into what it means to live by faith in the justifying, adopting, and sanctifying grace of God.

Concerning justification, he writes, “The Bible never speaks of God’s grace as simply making up for…