Emphasis Preaching Journal

One preacher tells the story of a young boy who grew up with parents who both had Ph.D.'s and a grandmother who had no formal education. At the dinner table one night the boy asked his father a difficult theological question. "Daddy," said the boy, "what's the meaning of grace?" "Well, son, grace is the manifestation of God's ultimate will under intricate and providential circumstances," said the father, somewhat perplexed. The boy did not quite understand. Late one evening, going to bed, he stopped by his grandmother's room.