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  • Extending Grace and Igniting Hope

    Posted by ECO on March 22, 2022 at 11:12 am

    Respond in paragraph format to the following prompt(s):

    • Why does Philip Yancey say that Grace is the last good word?  Do you agree with him?
    • What did Henry David Thoreau mean when he said  "Most people lead lives of quiet desperation"? Do you personally relate to this statement?
    Juma replied 1 month, 3 weeks ago 14 Members · 13 Replies
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  • Juma

    Member
    September 19, 2024 at 11:44 am

    The ice recue just said it all; the ice represents the world of sin and it’s entanglements, the rescuer represents disciples and the robe is the power of God extending to Christ Jesus the anchor point or source. Praise the Lord Jesus for His grace.

  • Jaylen

    Member
    September 12, 2024 at 3:27 pm

    I believe that most people do live quiet lives of desperation. Especially non-Christians. I think people make exceptions for the emptiness they feel; either the fill that (God-Shaped) empty hope with a job, family, money, friends, hobbies, food, etc. and perhaps they seem to fill that hole for a while, but at the end of the day they still are all missing something. I believe that thing is GOD! All people are God’s children and there is an undeniable urge to get to know Him whether we accept that or not. So in this way, those who don’t know Christ are living in quiet desperation.

  • Kimberly

    Member
    September 4, 2024 at 4:22 pm

    I think that Yancey says grace is the last good word in the fact that the word grace still points to God. Many other characters have a modern definition now and can be lived out whether a person follows Jesus or not. But grace is still typically associated with God.

    To me, quiet desperation describes how so many people are suffering in silence, or fighting a storm inside of themselves and don’t know how to stop it. They want to stop it but don’t know that Jesus is the only one who can heal them and bring them out of darkness.

  • Deleted User

    Deleted User
    August 30, 2024 at 5:17 pm
    • Philip Yancey says that Grace is the last good word because it seems to be the only theological word that has not been tarnished in translation into the English language. Many of the words we use do not have the same meaning they were intended to when originally said. They have been skewed by culture and do not hold the same impact as the word grace does.
    • When Thoreau said the statement "Most people lead lives of quiet desperation" he was referring to how many people struggle alone with things. So many people are hopeless and searching for meaning but yet do not reach out to others or speak about what is happening. People are searching for something to fill the void in their lives but yet do not know what that thing is and do not know how to accomplish it. I do not personally relate to this statement currently, although I can see at different points in my life where I would have personally related to this statement through loneliness.
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