Comments on: The Power of “And” http://www.ubfriends.org/2013/11/10/the-power-of-and/ for friends of University Bible Fellowship Wed, 21 Oct 2015 04:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Ben Toh http://www.ubfriends.org/2013/11/10/the-power-of-and/#comment-11409 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:55:36 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=7159#comment-11409 I hear you, Brian. Over the last few years, I have also been accused of being an antinomian, because of my emphasis on grace (Acts 20:24), even if my accusers do not know what an antinomian is.

This is actually quite a compliment, since the apostle Paul was also accused of being an antinomian (Rom 6:1, 15) by his legalistic compatriots.

]]> By: Brian Karcher http://www.ubfriends.org/2013/11/10/the-power-of-and/#comment-11407 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:37:21 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=7159#comment-11407 Yes, and I’ll go ahead and say it even though many may cringe: Love wins.

Call me a universalist, accuse me of being an antinomian, claim that I preach a license for sin: I don’t care; I think I am in good company given that some rather important Chrsitian figures were killed for the same labels. I will suffer these accusations and labels but I will not recant the gospel of grace. Love all. Serve all.

]]> By: Ben Toh http://www.ubfriends.org/2013/11/10/the-power-of-and/#comment-11398 Mon, 11 Nov 2013 20:05:00 +0000 http://www.ubfriends.org/?p=7159#comment-11398 Thanks, Brain. What springs to mind is that all good things comes through my favorite word “grace.” Yet our fallen sinful default, even as Christians, is to think and even believe that things are done through power, force, ranking, ability, skills, experience, law, directives, commands, etc. Sure, these elements come into play, at least initially. But in the final analysis it is love, mercy, weakness, vulnerability and grace that ultimately wins the day.

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