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...Gomes at last sets the Christian free to live by that principle which Paul was too timid to approve: "let us continue in sin, that grace may abound." A great victory, indeed, one long sought after, and one not unworthy so great a knight of Christ as Harvard's Plummer Professor of Christian Morals...
...THIS POINT, one might have wished Gomes to have clarified his position somewhat; it would have been better if he had seemed to rely less on such awkward and incredible doctrines as the "fall," the "sacrifice of Christ," "Grace," or "the hope of glory," since there seems to be something inconsistent about a faith which so enthusiastically accepts the promises of God while so vigorously rejecting the authority of his moral precepts, whereas both seem to spring from the same source...
...that the forces of poverty, depredation, oppression, violence, racism, denigration of women, dehumanization of homosexuals, neglect of children and youth are enough in our days to unite Christians in fervent prayer and active engagement with others for the renewal of the creation and the exhibition of the hope and grace that is within us. Perhaps the rest of you who do not believe in our faith will be charitable enough to aid us with the exorcisms our own demons. The Rev. H. Frederick, Reisz Lutheran Campus, Minister
Even outside the world of sports, Mr. Showtime's enormous smile and unquenchable grace have become almost ubiquitous -- on music video shows, on billboards, at fund-raising dinners. For more than a decade, Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. has commanded the world of entertainment on the court and off with an irreplaceable blend of poise and surprise...
...other parts of the country do not and cannot." Speed and strength are available anywhere, but in few places are they as prized as in the Golden State. As author Herbert Gold observed, "This Dorado of escapees from elsewhere has produced a new race -- the Californian. So much athletic grace is almost unnatural...