I am tired. But, I wanted to write a little something. My sophomore year at Trinity, also known as my first year at Trinity, I had to read a book for my New Testament intro class, "The Cost of Discipleship" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a German Christian that was killed in WWII for plotting to kill Hitler. Well, I didn't read the entire book because at that time I had quite a bit lower view of scholarship as I have now, but I did read the first chapter, entitled "Costly Grace." It deals a lot with how the Church has made grace cheap ever since the legalization of Christianity. This one chapter changed my life, primarily through my view of grace. Here is the one paragraph that basically sums it up:

"Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son, and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God."

We talked about grace tonight at the small group I lead for college guys, it is the preface for next week's topic: sexual integrity. By grace we are saved, by grace we live, by grace we are called the sons and daughters of God, and by the grace of God alone we will enter the gates of Heaven, think about it. Grace and love to you all.