II. The Deception of "Fiat Grace" (see part 1) Alongside this drift away from truth comes a second deception: what I call Fiat Grace. Just as fiat currency is money without gold backing, fiat grace is forgiveness without repentance. It’s the attempt to issue spiritual “credit” where no transformation has occurred. However, Scripture warns that "God is not mocked" (Galatians 6:7). When we offer a grace that requires nothing, we don't create a sanctuary; we create a vacuum whe

The Christian world is a small one. Sometime in the 1990s, it became "okay" to talk about the hard stuff. We are now quite open about our struggles and tend to wear our hearts on our sleeves. This is mostly positive, though there are times when it’s better to keep things closer to the vest.

The tearing of the "echad" oneness is depicted in Malachi 2 as producing a "Bloody Garment". Empowerment, Even Unto the Power of Life and Death Once a people decide that “empowerment” includes the right to kill its own children, it has crossed a line from which there is no easy return. In the name of empowering women, our culture has handed the Self a terrible authority: the power of life and death over the most vulnerable, and even many in the church have quietly accepted th