Life-coaches are everywhere these days. Whether found at a local seminar or on television, they can help you to manage your finances, bake better cookies, or lose weight in 7 easy steps. And unfortunately, too often this is the sort of thing that many find in churches across the country. Why are we so attracted to “helpful advice,” and how is this different from the radical message of the gospel? On this program Michael Horton walks through Romans chapter 4 in order to explain how we can never truly be freed by “to do lists,” but only by the liberating message of God’s grace.
Grace Liberates
Grace Liberates
52 min
Grace Liberates
52 min
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