![]() Grace is God’s gift of love and salvation, given through Christ to us. Eric did a great job last week not only teaching through Galatians 6, but also reviewing the whole series. It also serves as a bridge from our study of Galatians, since grace was the opening and recurring theme of that book. ![]() ![]() Today’s word is charis, which is a Greek word often translated as ‘grace’. And my hope is that you’ll come through the summer with an enriched vocabulary of faith, words woven into your life of faith and obedience as followers of Jesus Christ. Each week we’ll look at the word of the week in the context of a passage of scripture, to better understand how it fits into the big story of God’s Word. But this won’t just be a series of fancy word studies. Others are translated into English, but it’s easy to miss the riches and depth of the original word. Some are left in their original form in our Bibles, like hallelujah and amen. These are words like shalom, hallelujah, sabbath, hesed, agape, logos, and amen. Many will sound familiar and some will be new to your ears. ![]() About half of the words are Hebrew words from the Old Testament and about half are Greek words from the New Testament. Today we are beginning a summer series entitled “Words Matter.” Over the course of the summer I want to look at twelve or so key words from the pages of scripture, words that for the foundation of the story of God and our theology as Christians. ![]()
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