Grace

I love that name "Grace". If I have a daughter, her name is "Grace". Now that Pudding Baby #2 is arriving, I am sure his name will be "Grace" related.

After reading so much about grace from the Reformed theologians, I have yet to read one by pentecostal/ charismatic. Or may be I was too ignorant to notice. Just think about it, what a name! When I think about my church, I am in awe of God's work of Grace in our lives, without which it is really impossible to enter God's kingdom. One of the greatest preachers of the 19th century gave me a taste of how sweet sounding Grace really is. Of course I am talking about Charles Spurgeon. I can't quote anything from him now, but I remember reading Iain Murray's biography called "The Forgotten Spurgeon" where the focus was on the 3 main conroversies that plagued Spurgeon in his lifetime. One of them is his defence of the "Calvinism" (it's like a vulgar word in some community like "puritans"). While Calvinism was seen then and even today as being "evil" and "not from God", yet Spurgeon embraced it as "the gospel". It just happens that it bears the name of "John Calvin", but he believes it is the system of believe that is biblical. It is commonly known as "the doctrine of grace".

So yup, I took out the Iain Murray book again to read that chapter again. Recently I also bought the biography of Jonathan Edwards. Same kind of theology and the same kind of response when his name is mentioned. These were great men! Surely there is something they done that make us remember them. I want to inspired!

Edit:
I found a link from Wooqie Man's blog. Check this out. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/september/42.32.html