Because He does know the real you and the real me:
wounds, choices and all.
How powerful grace must be!
Questioned many times about Je"rey Dahmer’s
conversion, Roy Ratcli" expressed his certainty that the
serial killer had met Jesus and been changed. If ever a
person existed who must have thought themselves beyond
the reach of God, surely Dahmer would be one of the most
likely. But God kept reaching out to him, and Dahmer
took the pro"ered hand of grace.
Dahmer did not live long a#er his conversion. Another
inmate beat him to death with a broomstick. In the
intervening time between meeting Jesus by faith as Savior
and meeting Jesus face-to-face in heaven, Dahmer held
on as Jesus held on to him. I don’t think living grace is a
real theological term, but I believe it to be reality along
with daily grace to keep on walking with the One who has
wanted to walk with us since before the dawn of time.
And that’s amazing.+
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Why not ta!e a"year out? ! NI YEAR -
You’ve heard of ta!ing a ‘year out’?
Well,"Valley"Church’s Internship
programme is"similar, but with a twi#.
It’s not about ta!ing a year out of
your"life, it’s"about inve#ing a year
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Find out more and apply at
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Chet Martin has been lead pastor at
Light and Life Free Methodist Church
on the outskirts of Indianapolis since
2007. He has also served congregations
in Columbus, Indiana, and Gri#th,
Indiana, as well as being the superintendent
of the Wabash Conference. He is a
novelist seeking an agent and an online
high school English teacher as well.
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