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Episode 195 shows Jolly Old England is not always so jolly as we take a look at three different cases with a body count of at least four wives and one mistress."Nineteen Dandelions" by Edmund Pearson tells the story of a distinguished poisoner."The Ugly Romeo" by Frank Cipriani tells of a serial bathtub murderer."The Bungalow Murder" is the story of a married man who loved his girlfriend to pieces.Ad-Free Safe House More stories from Edmund PearsonBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support.

Send us a textToday's show is for you authors out there who want to up their writing game, or just have a laugh, because we had a lot of fun recording this episode. I traveled across the pond, virtually, to Jolly Old England and was lucky enough to have Cara Clare and James Blatch from the Indie Writers Club Podcast on the show today. Cara Clare a prolific author who has penned over 47 books, is known for her steamy paranormal and fantasy worlds, Cara's the queen of "why choose" adventures, where love knows no bounds and neither do her characters.Cara is best known for her TikTok sensation, The Phoenix Prophecy series, and also writes super spicy romantasy under Alexis Brooke and women's fiction under Poppy Pennington-Smith. Returning champion James Blatch is back on my show! Many of you know James from the wildly popular Self-Publishing Show Podcast that he co-hosted with Mark Dawson. He also co-founded the Self Publishing Formula (SPF) that has been rebranded as Lean Self Publishing. James is also a cold-war aviation thriller author.Cara and James now host the Indie Writers Club Podcast that is a lot of fun and gives valuable information for authors at all stages of their writing careers. Please enjoy this very wide raging show where we talked about everything from the ending of the Self-Publishing Podcast, why you aren't selling more books, me learning what a reverse harem's, the upcoming presidential elections in the United States, and of course, James doing his Mafia Vampire Romance impersonation. In today's episode we discuss:·      Why the Self-Publishing Podcast came to an end. ·      How the ending of the podcast and his partnership with Mark Dawson affected James personally and professionally.·      How Cara Clare produces an incredible number of words for her own books and as a ghostwriter. ·      How and why the Indie Writers Club Podcast started.·      The Discord channel.·      Why your books aren't selling.·      Taking a hard look at your title, blurb, and book cover and what they should and shouldn't have.Visit Cara at her website!Visit James at his website!Come join the fun at The Indie Writers Club Podcast!Check out the new Cops and Writers YouTube channel!Check out my newest book, The Good Collar (Michael Quinn Vigilante Justice Series Book 1)!!!!!Enjoy the Cops and Writers book series.Please visit the Cops and Writers website. The Latin MinuteThe Latin Minute is your new favorite bilingual comedy podcast. Latinos living in SW FlListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” ~ Sun TzuThe Hunting Kind has a clear strategy, strong team and great leadership. Ed Swales is a retired soldier and international security advisor. He is also a life long hunter and houndsman. After being away from his roots during his service he returned to life without hunting in his homeland of the United Kingdom. Jolly Old England had traded centuries of tradition, culture and lifestyle for a liberal progressive scheme that gutted the hunting traditions that had protected wildlife and the agricultural community. Chris and Ed have an in depth conversation about the organization that Ed founded: the Hunting Kind.The Hunting Kind is an organization that is using multiple strategies to restore hunting and hunters rights and freedoms. This includes a movement to legally recognize hunters as an ethnic group and bring hunters under the protections of ant discrimination laws.This is a brilliant idea and Ed lays it out perfectly.www.huntingkind.com ►Get Your Houndsman XP Info, Gear & More Here!www.HoundsmanXP.com►Become a Patron of Houndsman XP! Check out our Tailgate Talks.|

Come take a listen to Dominique tell her journey from The Don to London. Hear how Dominique found her calling and what it took to get there. Dominique will tell you how she was able to succeed in all facets of her life. Now she is living her best life across the pond in Jolly Old England. As always, thank your to my guests for telling their story and inspiring the younger generations to reach for their dreams.

WOLVES is still in the Werewolf era as T-Max has picked An American Werewolf in London.  Will this story from Jolly Old England be a good pick for our hosts?  Tune in and find out!!!

Have you ever run away to the circus and offered a clown a blowjob? It's 1977 in Jolly Old England, and Golden Age of Adult Cinema megastar Veronica Hart (a.k.a Jane Esther Hamilton) is performing under the big top when Brian the tightrope clown catches her eye - so she propositions him backstage. Flattered, Brian tells Vanessa he's happily married - and then the fun really begins! That night's intimate threesome turns into a family breakfast and a lifelong connection that inspired Veronica Hart's career as an actress, producer and director.   Song: '3' (Britney Spears)   Threesome l I Love my Wife l Big Top | Family l Circus l Clown l Elephants l Trapeze Artist l Human Cannonball | Performer l Gobsmacked l Model l Actress l Dancer l Singer l Best Gift l Industry l Tube l Tooting | Pixie l Wine l Malarkey l Parents l Relaxed l Threesome Dynamic l Integrity l Trustworthy l Worship l Miniskirt l Nipple I Crosseyed l Wink l Nuzzle l Smoosh l Guide l Huzzah l Sleepover l Breakfast l Pancakes and Orange Juice l A Scent of Heather l Wanda Whips Fall Street l Misty Beethoven the Musical l Marilyn Chambers l Producer l Director l Ginger Lynn l Michael Nin l Intimacy l Golden Age of Adult Cinema l London l   About our Storyteller:   Veronica Hart (aka Jane Esther Hamilton) became a star in Adult Cinema's Golden Age, won Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the Eroticas and XRCO Awards, and is included in several Adult Hall of Fames. Veronica Hart is one of the twenty-five most notable legends of erotica, and is listed as one of the one hundred most influential people in sex. She has a BA in Theatrical Arts, and is known for performing in many adult films, including A Scent of Heather, Wanda Whips Wall Street, Roommates and Amanda by Night and also acting in mainstream, playing the judge in Boogie Nights and Viveca St. James in Six Feet Under and for acting on stage in The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, The Dyke and the Porn Star and Dial S for Sex. Veronica's Awards include XRCO and Erotica Awards for Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Non-Sex Performance and membership in the AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. After retiring from performing hardcore, Veronica became a featured dancer and a producer and director and received an XRCO Best Video Award for Torn (directed and produced by Hart) and for Best Comedy or Parody - Misty Beethoven: The Musical (directed, edited and produced by Hart). Veronica has a Doctorate in Human Sexuality and has worked in Las Vegas at the Erotic Heritage Museum, taught intimacy and loving relationships in China and has a wonderful husband, Stan and two amazing sons, Chris and Max. She currently works as an extra in major Hollywood productions and is looking for representation. As a member of SAG/AFTRA, Veronica is open and available for acting jobs as long as any media is union sanctioned. Check out this Daily Beast article about Jane Hamilton, Annie Sprinkle, Veronica Vera and the infamous Club 90: https://www.thedailybeast.com/club-90-the-secret-womens-club-that-rocked-the-porn-world Episode links:   SUBSCRIBE: Want to be the first to know where Bawdy is headed to on our National Tour? 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In the first hour of the show Jason is solo. He starts with Leading Off, then gets into Safe or Out, and gets a surprise call from Dave in Jolly Old England.

On this week's episode of “Da” Podcast, Steve is joined for a second week in a row by Max & Jesse as they talk all about Steve's trip to the UK. They also talk about first impressions, visiting Buckingham Palace, school trips, pick pockets, Liverpool, the English lifestyle, taking the tube, London cuisine, visiting Canada, top five beers, Canadian whiskey, smoking cannabis, Steve's new favourite show “Naked Attraction”, dating shows, Steve's top five things about visiting England, and so much more! If you're looking for “Da” Podcast merchandise, and want to support the show directly, please visit http://tee.pub/lic/KrIMP441400 We have tees, hoodies, onesies, phone cases, pillows, mugs and more! If you're into wrestling collectables, autographs, comic books, action figures, sports cards and more, make sure to visit www.firstrow.ca and use promo code: DAPODCAST20 to receive 20% off! Looking for something new to read and also into video games? Please visit www.bossfightbooks.com for great books on classic video games! You can follow Steve on Instagram & Twitter @fingastylz and “Da” Podcast on Twitter @dapodcastdap Send your questions and comments to dapodcastdap@gmail.com Make sure to subscribe, rate, like, follow or review on ApplePodcasts, TuneIn, SoundCloud, Spotify and iHeartRadio! Da Podcast, bringing you the best from the world of pro wrestling, comedy & nerd culture!

IT'S 50! Welcome to the 50th Episode Spectacular! Brent and Sam celebrate 50 episodes with 2 special guests. First, Oakland-based artist AMOL RAY AKA YUNG COCONUT joins us to discuss his recycled toy-making process, his paintings, his love for Mushroom theory, Aliens, cryptozoology, and much more! Next, we talk to FREDRICK FAITH AKA FREDRIX FIGURES, a master action figure painter, and veteran of the Toy/Film industries. The WTTA boys also introduce their new assistant from Jolly Old England, ELEANOR! We send off Brent to San Diego Comic-Con to kick off his summer convention tour. Plus, all the Action Figure, TV, Film, and POP CULTURE news. 50 Episodes of toy tea and cheers to 50 more.....IT'S WHERE THE TOYS ARE!!AMOL RAY AKA YUNG COCONUTwww.instagram.com/yungcoconut/artofyungcoconut.bigcartel.comFREDRICK FAITH AKA FREDRIX FIGUREShttps://www.instagram.com/fredrixfigures/WHERE THE TOYS ARE THE PODCASThttps://linktr.ee/WTTAPodcast

Visit https://hellofresh.com/COMPOUND16 and use code COMPOUND16 for free meals plus free shipping! Parce Rum is the Rum for Whiskey Drinkers. It's a premium dry style flavor profile that you're going to love. Stop by your local Binny's or Total Wine to find Parce near you! Visit https://www.parcerum.com/ today! BRUCE BOLT - Texas-based designer of premium batting gloves: Look good. Hit dingers. www.brucebolt.us  On this week's episode of the Compound Podcast with Ian Happ, Ian and the Cubbies are getting ready to cross the pond, and play in Jolly Old England this weekend. Ian discusses their recent success, how to deal with long road trips and how he is preparing for London. Plus, the guys talk about Joey Votto's recent return, college baseball and find out they are pretty bad at estimating the size of cities. And don't forget to follow The Compound on social media, on Twitter @thecompoundpod, on Instagram @thecompoundpod_ and on TikTok @TheCompoundPod.

The prodigal son has returned from Jolly Old England. Joe, Matt, and Bobby are back at it again. They talk about Winston Churchill, Memorial Day, and driving on the wrong side of the road. Bobby ate beans on toast, Matt did shrooms for the first time, and Joe has peaked. Shrooms vs. Acid, Anthony Cumia vs. Bill Burr, Pounds vs. Dollars, this episode has it all!Support us on Patreon for bonus content:https://www.patreon.com/JustSomeLockerRoomTalk?fan_landing=trueTwitter:@L0ckerRoomTa1kInstagram:@justsomelockerroomtalkSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/38on5DGj89NZiyhinsPdrK?si=Xze0Edt5S_SrBYsR9BKUwA&nd=1iTunes:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/locker-room-talk/id1611681173Joe GormanTwitter and Instagram: @JoeWGormanMatt MaranTwitter and Instagram: @REALMattMaranBobby SheehanTwitter and Instagram: @BobbySheehanLOL

With some students here in Jolly Old England finishing their final years of Secondary/High School, we take a trip down memory lane & discuss some of our own personal experiences & stories from school | Follow us on Twitter @waitwhatpodtrio, on Instagram @waitwhattrio & on TikTok @thewaitwhatpodcast. All video versions of Idle Chat will now be on our YouTube channel: Wait.. What?! Podcast |

It's the season!  Okay, so it could be many seasons, but the Easter holiday is upon us and everything is bursting with life, so we'll concentrate on the cute stuff like Spring and fluffy sheep.  And the one we have today is definitely fluffy, but only if unshorn.Today we're talking with Erin Bradt of Helder-Herdwyck Farm about the Herdwick Sheep.  This sturdy little creature has a different look, a perpetual smile, and some serious survival creds.  Viking lore, Beatrix Potter, the National Trust, the beauties of The Lake District and more are connected to this breed over in Jolly Old England.  We met up with Erin at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival, where she is doing her part to bring attention to this fascinating animal.  Establishing a new breed on this continent is no small thing, and we tip our collective cap to her.We'll bring you more on this animal and others this Summer, straight from their homeland.  Stay tuned, because after years of saving and hoping, Backyard Green Films is going to trace some of our favorite heritage breeds to their source in person this time - British style. Links:http://helderherdwyckfarm.com/index.htmlhttp://www.helderherdwyckfarm.com/our-american-herdwick.htmlhttps://www.herdwick-sheep.com/https://sheepandwool.com/https://www.visitwales.com/things-do/nature-and-landscapes/national-parks/mountain-ranges-waleshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooly_Willyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herdwickhttps://www.rbst.org.uk/watchlist-overviewhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Herriothttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/britain-lake-district-immortalized-beatrix-potter-beloved-landscape-180968736/Support the show

This week we head out to the European wilds and experience death and destruction as only the Netherlands and Jolly Old England can provide. First, we experience emotional death and destruction in the form of the miserable, Kitchen Sink nightmare, The Black Panther (1997). Then we head to Amsterdam with Dick Maas at the helm and experience the death and destruction of a mute girl's childhood at the hands of The Commish himself, Michael Chiklis in Do Not Disturb (1999).  Feedback: cultofmuscle@gmail.com Facebook: facebook.com/groups/cultofmuscle Merch: redbubble.com/people/cultofmuscle/shop

Scott, Giant Mike and Cardone come on early this week and break down the Packers game, look forward to the Ravens game and go off on the ridiculous officiating in the NFL right now, tackle Pet Peeves and begrudgingly answer a question from a Cowboys fan.Download our podcast at Buzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1358293Or wherever you get your podcasts from.Go to Manscaped.com and use the promo code ANGRYMAN to get 20% off your order and free shipping

There seems to be a trend lately where America puts out TV shows about murder and death while England makes comedies.  I guess that's why they call it Jolly Old England. Pip Pip!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

At long last, we're joined by Mother for London part 2 and Liverpool! This is the first quarter of our whirlwind trip across the British Isles, where we cover Jolly Old England in a little more detail, encounter a (most likely) dead body in the tube, and go grave hunting for ancestors. Tally ho!

The duo is now a trio as we welcome our newest member to the pod, Steven! Come listen to him recount his experience at Summerslam 92 in Wembley Stadium in Jolly Old England. Follow us on social media! @ELDESTRUCTO83, @King_Uncanny, @TheSmarkFoundation Email us: SmarkFoundation1@gmail.com And find our facebook group, THE SMARK FOUNDATION DEBATE DUNGEON! As always thanks to DJ SMALLIMUS for our banger theme. @Smallimus on IG

We're trying out a new format for the podcast.  One long episode rather than two medium-sized ones.  Same amount of content, just no break in between.  Let us know what you think on Twitter.  Or don't.  We hate Twitter.  We use it, but we also hate it.  And speaking of depressing things, there seems to be a trend lately where America puts out TV shows about murder and death while England makes comedies.  I guess that's why they call it Jolly Old England.  They were probably thinking about TV when they started using that phrase hundreds of years ago. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike and Mike reunite! While Shelley was away in Jolly Old England for grad school purposes, beloved former guest Mike Poole (@ThisIsMikePoole, writer for The Amber Ruffin Show, absolute icon) stopped by to talk about the Robert Altman upstairs-downstairs classic GOSFORD MOTHER FRIGGIN PARK (2001)! These two Downton Abbey and Gilded Age and any show about old timey white people whispering and making drama stans dig into the sexiness of a drama about British intrigue. Come for the class drama, stay for Michael's English accents. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/everyone-is-hot. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Show: Murder MapsEpisode: Mary Ann CottonMarch is here, Bitches! It's Women's History Month!! We better enjoy this month while we have it.  So here it is, episode 1 of our month long series on female killers. Jolly Old England was really shitty and hardly jolly.  At least all husbands of Mary Ann Cotton must have felt this way. In 1873 she was hung in such a horrific fashion , you could almost feel bad for her.  Then, of course, you need to realize she killed a hell of a lot of children, husbands and mothers, mostly all her own!! This tale of Mary Ann Cotton is a story of the times.  Illness, death, horrific living and working conditions were part of a normal everyday experience for most people.  It was a breeding ground for sociopaths and serial killers.  Mary Ann stood out among the worst.  Her rough and terrible childhood created a monster. Check out our website: https://www.buzzsprout.com/837988Linktree: https://linktr.ee/itsalwaysthehusbandpodcastLike our Facebook page and join our group!!Instagram: @itsalwaysthehusbandpodcastTwitter: @alwaysthehubsEtsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ItsAlwaysTheHusband?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=776055218Theme song by Jamie "I'm Gonna Kill You, Bitch" NelsonSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/itsalwaysthehusband?)

This week Brendan and Richard talk about riding a bicycle, the Dakar Rally and public urination.As always we talk about many things while eating a variety of Asian snacks. Recorded January 21, 2022.Thank you so much for listening,Brendan and RichardOur theme music is: Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4614-welcome-to-the-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-licensePlease Support Middle Aged Man Talk on Patreon If you enjoyed our show Please Support Middle Aged Man Talk on Patreon!Support the show

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Dustin Hoffman discovers that Jolly Old England is no refuge from the violence and social unrest of 1971 in the original Straw Dogs.  Writer/director Sam Peckinpah pioneered the home invasion horror movie with this story of an American mathematician channeling his inner savage to beat back an angry mob storming his wife's modest farm.  Does the 50-year-old classic still have the power to shock modern audiences weaned on a steady diet of Purge sequels? Join Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie as they pry open the teeth of this vicious steel trap. Listen Now!

Dustin Hoffman discovers that Jolly Old England is no refuge from the violence and social unrest of 1971 in the original Straw Dogs. Writer/director Sam Peckinpah pioneered the home invasion horror movie with this story of an American mathematician channeling his inner savage to beat back an angry mob storming his wife's modest farm. Does the 50-year-old classic still have the power to shock modern audiences weaned on a steady diet of Purge sequels? Join Jakob, Stuart, and Arnie as they pry open the teeth of this vicious steel trap. Listen Now!

This week, we followed up our visit to Jolly Old England with Legend, the story of the Kray twins dramatized and starring Tom Hardy as Reggie and Ron. See how we liked this movie! CONTENT WARNING: Suicide mention first at 4:48. Sexual assault mention at 21:20.

On this week's episode of "Hey Lady", we're taking a trip to Jolly Old England, cause we've got a major bone to pick with the Royal Family. As always, your hosts share their favorite Tik Toks of the week. Be sure to follow us on instagram @hey_lady_podcast where we upload all the Tik Toks referenced on each episode. For the main event of the episode, we first dive into the complicated, inspirational and tragic story of the people's princess, Diana. After we follow up with another princess who, after her explosive Oprah interview, everyone is talking about, Meghan Markle. Although their respective situations with the Royal family leave much to be discussed, we believe both of these woman are pretty amazing in their own right. If you enjoyed this week's episode, be sure to rate review and subscribe so you'll never miss an episode. C U Next Tuesday!

It’s the final movie of the month! The first sequel we’ve done too, and it’s a good one. We travel across the pond to not so Jolly Old England to watch “The Conjuring 2” and see some 70’s modern technology try to detect some grumpy old man spirits and in a connection to the first movie of the month, a very mean #demonic #nun. So brew up a spot of tea, grab a crumpet and watch or listen to the final #Halloween movie recap of 2020! Yael Gavish & Matt Kona #TheConjuring2

Memories of Two Natural Ladies adventures in the UK in September 2019 The unexpected experiences and feeling so welcomed. Visiting the Clapham church, where our hosts worship, the history and the oldness of the UK was very striking for both Jo & Vicki. WW11 was also quite prevalent throughout London and suburbs. Seeing the change in housing where the bombs hit impacted both women. 6 days up at 7am off to our favourite café Gails, 16,000 steps per day on average. Tower of London, finding London Bridge all new discoveries and learning Oxford; and incredible, beautiful place that Buckingham Palace – a quick reciting from AA Milne The Cotswolds and the Downtown Abbey village Brampton, then the tale of Woodstock (now there's a funny story of wrong identity) Letter writing, particularly when overseas- a dying art? Vicki and Jo continued to pick up rubbish during their time away An in-depth discussion about change and being able to adapt Networking meetings and the connections made during that time. Op shop discoveries and sustainable innovations and much much more. For more information about the Two Natural Ladies visit https://www.twonaturalladies.com.au/ Please subscribe to the Video podcast on the Two Natural Ladies YouTube Channel at http://bit.ly/tnlyoutube Video production sponsored by Nurture Queen Videos https://www.nurturequeenvideos.com

A second consecutive day of back to back #anthology #horror, this too has an international twist to it, but it comes by way of Jolly Old England. It also features two generations of horror legends, Vincent Price and Donald Pleasance. It’s also a little more light hearted and silly and features the lowest costume budget of any of the movies we’ve seen so far and some pretty stellar 80’s new wave providing the soundtrack to the interludes. So join Matt and Yael as they talk whistling, brutal pigeon death, bullying, wacky dads, Ghoul cops and grave snacking with 1971’s “Monster Club.” Yael Gavish & Matt Kona #TheMonsterClub

The Rock defends the WWF Championship in Jolly Old England! Tom Campbell and Maffew Gregg step into the Lugz Powered DeLorean and offer alternative commentary for UK exclusive pay-per-view WWF Insurrextion 2000 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Daniela and Jake travel to Jolly Old England. Daniela talks about the mystery of Spring Heeled Jack, and Jake talks about a photograph taken of an alien. ---UFO News--- https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/evidence-of-u-s-navy-involvement-in-ufo-program-may-have-been-destroyed/ ---Daniela's Story--- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring-heeled_Jack https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/meet-springheeled-jack-the-leaping-devil-that-terrorized-victorian-england ---Jake's Story--- https://www.liveabout.com/the-men-in-black-3294024 https://www.liveabout.com/best-cases-of-alien-abduction-3293341

The rumors are true, Scrappy’s got the mobile rig all fired up as he starts off the show broadcasting from Jolly Old England. Maybe he wasn’t able to keep Harry and Meagan from leaving the royals behind, but he WAS able to put together another hour of freeform musical goodness. This week’s podcast features music... The post Broadcasting From Home Podcast 92 appeared first on Broadcasting From Home.

“Sola Gratia” Sermon Series: Solas Ephesians 2:8-10 Istrouma Baptist Church – Jeff Ginn, Lead Pastor  10:45 AM Sermon January 19, 2020       Outline:   Saved by grace   For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).      We have a problem   We have a provision                 Saved through faith   For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).   Faith is a response      Faith is a requirement           Saved for works   For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10).             God works in us   God works through us       Ephesians 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.         “Amazing Grace” is, perhaps, the best-known and best-loved hymn of all time.  The beauty and simplicity of its melody (which you just heard played) is only eclipsed only by the hope and depth of its lyrics.    Listen to the first stanza: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.  I once was lost, but now am found.  Was blind but now I see.”   The author of these words, John Newton, was, by his own admission, a “wretch.”  Now, that’s not a word we use every day. It means, “a miserable person; one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune; a base, despicable, or vile person.”  You may think that’s an exaggeration on his part.  But he was a wretch.  He was a slave trader, a blasphemer, and a rebel.   You know the song, I trust, but you may not know the story of the author. So I want to tell you a little bit about the life of the man who wrote that song. John grew up in a home where his mother was an instrument maker and his father was a sea captain. His mother passed away when he was about 7 years of age, and so he was reared in those later childhood years by his father. He loved his father. He looked up to his father. His father was a sea captain, and so, get this, when he was 11 years old, John Newton went to sea. He made his six voyages across the oceans with his father before his father finally retired as a sea captain. Well, he had not gotten enough. He dreamed about the adventures of life on the open seas, but his dream was soon turned into a nightmare, and I want to tell you about it.    He boarded a merchant ship and plied that trade for a while. But one day, he was in a port and he was pressed into naval service. We don't understand that term because we have an all-volunteer military. There's no draft. You volunteer if you want to serve. But back in those days in Jolly Old England, you could be pressed into service; that is, basically, you’d be captured and you would be forced to serve in the military, and so it was with John Newton. So now, he's no longer living a carefree life of a sailor aboard a merchant ship. He is now in the Royal Navy.  He kind of chafed under the regimen of that life. He ran afoul of his captain and was whipped, humiliated and demoted. He contemplated either murder of the captain or suicide. Before that could happen, he was able to escape and got aboard a slave trading ship called the Pegasus. He did not get along with the crew and was cast off in Africa. He was picked up by a slave trader, and became a slave himself in Africa until he was rescued. He said of that period that he was “a servant to slaves.”   Later in life he wrote, “I sinned with a high hand, and I made it my study to tempt and seduce others.” Newton lived a hard life with equally harsh consequences.   God got his attention though. In 1748, Newton’s slave ship was nearly wrecked by an intense storm.  Surrounded by crashing waves, ferocious winds, creaking timbers, and the cries of the souls on board, John fell to his knees and pled for grace. He was born again on board that ship that tempestuous night.    He comes to know Christ and begins to learn of the word of God and how to live as a Christian, but he's still a slave trader himself. He captains a slave trading ship. He hauls many a slave across the oceans into slavery, but God begins to convict him about the wickedness of that. He becomes friends with a man named William Wilberforce who was the primary advocate in England for the abolition of slavery. John Newton became an ally in that cause, and of all things, this once slave trader, blasphemer, rebel, becomes a pastor of a local Baptist Church there in England. He began to be hymn writer, and he wrote those lyrics that we know and love, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.”     God’s grace, which reaches anyone, anywhere, saved a wretch like John Newton—not just from the terror of that storm but from the grip and guilt of his sins. Newton wrote the song now known as “Amazing Grace” years later, while serving as a pastor in Olney, England.    Today, his lyrics still inspire, encourage, and instruct people about the radical reality of God’s amazing grace. It gives “wretches” like us hope.  It makes blind people like us see. And that is amazing! Only grace—sola gratia—is able to save sinners. For him, grace was amazing.    God help us if we ever get to a point where we're not just astounded by grace, that it would redeem wretches like you and me, friend. But that's the nature of his grace; it is amazing. We're going to look at that theme this morning in a message entitled, Sola Gratia, the Latin phrase which means “grace alone.” I'm going to base the message today out of; really, I think the classic passage in the Bible about grace. Open your Bible please to Ephesians chapter 2, and we're going to begin reading in verse 8 and carry it through to verse 10. I’d like us all as a sign of our respect for God's Holy Word to please stand as its read. Precious words are these. Give it your very best hearing. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.   Let’s pray.    [Prayer]   Please be seated.    We're celebrating 100 years here at Istrouma this month, and as we thought about this wonderful season of our church’s life, we thought we’re going to go back to some of the foundational principles upon which this great church has been built. Jesus himself, of course, is the Cornerstone. We're going to come to him in the next Sola series message. But we're looking at some of the great foundational principles, and among them are things like Sola Scriptura, which was our opening message in the series. There, I talked about how the word of God, scripture, is our only sure and sufficient guide to all matters of faith and practice, scripture. Then, last week, we took up the theme of Sola Fide, which is the Latin phrase for “faith alone.” Remember, we talked about the Philippian jailer who was terrified, near death. He fell down and he cried out, “What must I do to be saved?” The Apostle Paul answered him with words as clear as a bell, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved and your household.” Believe. That's how we're saved, Sola Fide.   Now, today, we're taking up the third of these messages, and it's entitled Sola Gratia, which is the Latin for “grace alone.” By the way, if you're new to Istrouma, we don't usually work in Latin here but this is an exceptional season of our church’s life, and it's fun for you to know these terms, even if we never revisit them again in terms of the Latin terminology. But bear with us; here it is, Sola Gratia, grace alone.   I want to begin in verse 8 and say that we are saved by grace. That's the first point, Sola Gratia. We are saved by grace. Look at the opening words to verse 8, “For by grace you have been saved.” You'll notice Paul is actually talking about something in the past, right? He says, “You have been saved,” not “You will be” or “You are being.” He uses the past tense because he's addressing this letter to the church at Ephesus. He's talking to believers. He says if you want to know how it is that you came to have life, it's by grace that you came to this life. It's by grace you have been saved. I know I'm talking to a lot of folks here that by grace you’ve been saved. But I am talking to some, and I don’t know who you are, but I'm talking to some who will be saved by grace. I pray that even this day you'll come to know the grace of God in truth.   What is grace? It is one of those church words. If I were to ask you to define grace, how would you do it? What is grace? A lot of people will define it in this way, two words: “unmerited favor.” What does that mean? “Unmerited” means you don't deserve it, and grace is God's unmerited favor to us. He loves us in spite of our sin. He forgives us in spite of our rebellion. He takes us to heaven though sin once stained us. It is unmerited favor shown us because of what Christ has done.   I'll give you an acrostic that I learned as a kid. I've always remembered it, and I think it's very helpful. If you'll take the letters of the word “grace,” I’m defining it for you, what is Grace? G-R-A-C-E. Write down beside each letter these terms:             G          God’s             R          Riches             A          At             C          Christ’s             E          Expense   Did you get that? Grace. God's riches at Christ's expense. That's what grace is. What are God's riches? God's riches would be his forgiveness; his patience with us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance; it’s heaven as our eternal home; it's abundant life, joy-filled life, peace, here and now. Those are God's riches, and they come to us at Christ's expense. In other words, those great gifts that I've named were not free. Someone paid for them that they might be ours, and it was at Christ's expense that they come to us. So that is grace. We are saved by grace.   I want to say two things about this. Number one, we have a problem. Houston, Baton Rouge, Luling, Lafayette, Monroe, South America, Africa, Asia, we have a problem. What's our problem? Our problem is, in a word, sin. I want to refer to jewelers for just a moment. I know we've got a couple of jewelers in our church, and I appreciate them so much, and I hope you’ll frequent their business. But these jewelers are very ingenious. If you say “I want to buy a diamond,” you know what a jeweler will often do? They'll take out a piece of black velvet fabric, and they’ll lay that black fabric down, and then upon that black fabric they’ll place the diamond or diamonds. Then they'll put a large spotlight shining down on those diamonds. Why do you think they put the diamonds against that black backdrop? It is so that you will be able to appreciate in all of their brilliance the beauty of the diamond. A diamond against a white counter may not glisten and shine as well as that diamond against a black backdrop. What's the point? You'll never fully appreciate the brilliance and beauty of grace until you see it against the black backdrop of our sin. That's why we're amazed by grace, that we, though sinners, can be forgiven and accepted by a holy and righteous God. When I see his grace against the backdrop of our filth and sin I'm amazed by it. Yes, our problem is our sin.    Let me show you this in the text. If you’ll look to verse 1 of this very same chapter it'll be very clear. Let me begin reading there in Ephesians 2, verse 1:  And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked [that’s describing us, folks], following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience…   Now, let me pause right there. He's describing humanity. You might be tempted to think that because we’re Christians we are above what he calls the “sons of disobedience.” You know, we can look down our spiritual noses at those “lesser humans.” We’re the Christians. But look at what verse 3 says. I love this. He says: among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh…   Folks, look. I once walked in the passions of the flesh. I did things of which I am ashamed. Just like John Newton; he didn't have much on me, if any. I, too, am a wretch, a sinner, and when I see God's grace given me against the backdrop of my past, and how I lived in the passions of my flesh, I'm amazed and I hope you are as well. Now, that's our past. That's our problem, right? But I've come to tell you good news, not bad news. That's bad news. Let me give you some good news. Though we have a problem, it is answered by God's provision, and that's the next sub point. We have a provision. You’ll see this as we continue reading this very passage. It says, Ephesians 2 verses 4 and following: 4 But God, being rich in mercy...   Let me pause to ask you to do something. As I'm reading this, I want you to watch for the word “grace,” and when it occurs, I want you to count it. All right, let’s see how many times it occurs in these verses. We are sinners. We once walked in the passage of our flesh. He says,  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses [even then, he loved us, yes, he], made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and [he] raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [And then verse 8, our key verse] 8 For by grace you have been saved...    How many times in what I just read, including verse 8, does the word “grace” appear? Three. Exactly right. Not once, not twice, but three times over he is stressing to us God's provision for our problem. Sin is addressed by grace, and by grace we are saved.    I want to give you an illustration that I hope will help turn the light on in your understanding of this. I'm going to tell you a make-believe story. It's the story of a father. This father had an only son, and he loved his boy as fathers do. The boy got old enough to go out on his own. One day the boy was out, and he was attacked by some thugs. They beat him and they robbed him, and in the course of their attack the young son was killed. It was a brutal murder, and the father was heartbroken, as you can imagine.    The father considered how he might deal with those who had murdered his son. He thought of four possible responses he could make. First of all, he could seek vengeance. Do you know what vengeance is? Vengeance is when you take the law into your own hands. Without police, without courts, without law, he would go and he would execute those that had killed his son. In vengeance the criminals would get worse than they deserve, because really, everybody has a right to a fair trial. Everybody has their day in court. Vengeance is inappropriate. God says, “Don't seek vengeance. Leave that in my just hands,” right? “Vengeance is mine,” the Lord's says. But he considered vengeance.   Secondly, he said there's another option. I could seek justice. That could be my response. Leave it to the police to find the criminals; leave it to the court to try them; the jury to decide on their guilt or innocence; and the judge to declare the sentence. Now if vengeance giving them worse than they deserve, justice is giving them straight-up what they deserve.    But then he thought of a third possible response. He thought, I could show them mercy and forgive them for what they've done and plead mercy in the court on their behalf. That would be unbelievable, would it not? I think it's beyond most of us to respond in that way. If vengeance is getting worse than what they deserve, and justice is getting what they deserve, mercy would be not getting what they do deserve. Yes, they deserve a sentence. They deserve prison. They deserve punishment. Perhaps they deserve execution. But mercy would say, “No.”    Then, there remained one possible response. Not vengeance; not justice; not even mercy, as great as it is. There remained the option of grace. Now if vengeance is getting worse than you deserve, and justice is getting what you deserve, and mercy is not getting what you do deserve, what would grace be? Grace would be getting what you don't deserve. What if in that story the bereaved father looked with pity upon the criminals and said, “Not only do I forgive you, I want to adopt you into my family, and I want you to inherit the riches that would have been my son’s. You say, “Preacher I can't stand the thought of that. That's unbelievable that anyone would respond in that way.” and I would say, “Yes, wouldn't it be amazing? It would. And that's why we refer to it as “amazing grace.”    Friend, we are those criminals. Do you not see that? It was your sin and my sin for which Christ was nailed to the cross, not for any guilt of his own. God in love looked down at his only beloved there. God could have sought vengeance upon us. He certainly could have executed justice or stopped short at mercy, but he went all the way, and he would adopt us into his family. Are you a part of God's forever family? Friend, if you're not, you may be this very day. How do you get into his family? You’re saved by grace.   Now, number two. Not only are we saved by grace, but, number two, we’re saved through faith. When you read your Bible, I think you know this now, but let me just say it, every word in the Bible matters. Every word. You can't even change the prepositions. You can't say you’re saved by faith. You're not saved by faith, you’re saved by grace, but you’re saved through faith.    Now, let's explore this just for a moment. Because God has been gracious in giving his son, you might be tempted to think that everybody's going to be saved. We’re saved by grace, and that's God's action in Christ on our behalf. He died for the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2 says. Well, if he died for everyone, and grace is available to everyone, then won’t everyone be saved? There are those who hold that position. It's called “universalism,” that everyone, universally, will be saved. Many of them will even say it’s because of Christ and his death on the cross that redeems everybody regardless of their response. But friend, I'll just say in response to that, and I don't have time to address it fully, I’ll just say they didn't get that idea from the Bible. The Bible teaches that there are two destinies, heaven and hell, and there are people who will spend eternity in heaven or in hell. So no, not everyone is saved, even by the grace of God, because you see, there is a response that is required of us, and faith is a response to God's grace. Now, if you would look there again at verse 8, “For by grace you have been saved [and we’re emphasizing those two words in bold] through faith.” Grace precedes faith, and that's very important, folks. Listen. Sometimes you’ll hear people say, “Oh, it doesn't matter what you believe, just believe.” It's as though if you had faith, regardless of in whom you put your faith or in what you put your faith, just believe, and you will be saved. You can believe in Muhammad, you can believe in Confucius, you can believe in naturalism and you can believe in pantheism and worship the trees and the rocks and the lakes, it doesn't matter what you believe; just believe. We’re saved by faith. No, friends, we're not saved by faith; we’re saved by grace, the act of God in Christ, but it comes to us through faith. That's the means by which we make it our own.   God alone saves, and it is through faith that that salvation comes to us. Our faith, I'll say it this way, our faith has a focus, and that focus is Christ. Remember last week when we were talking about sola fide, only by faith are you saved, and we were talking about the story of the Philippian jailer who was terrified that he might die. An earthquake had shaken the prison where he was responsible for the prisoners, and in his terror he asked this point-blank question, “What must I do to be saved?” And the answer was as clear as a bell, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Notice the answer was not, “Believe and you will be saved.” No, that would be to truncate the answer. It would be to omit the central part. It is not “Believe and you will be saved.” It is “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Take out Christ, take out his grace, his atoning death on the cross, and we will all be lost. It is grace that saves us through faith. Faith is our response to God's grace. I think of it this way, and perhaps this will be helpful to you. I think of grace as God reaching down from heaven to save a drowning world, drowning in our sins, and grace is him extending his hand to save us. I view faith as the response. Faith would be us looking heavenward and extending our hand to take the hand of grace. Here's the thing, folks, listen. When God's hand of grace is clasped by your hand of faith, salvation comes to you. His hand is extended. The only question that remains is, “Have you responded? Have you taken hold of that grace?” And you do so by faith, by entrusting yourself to him who died for your sins. That's how we get saved, by grace through faith.  Faith is a response, and second here, faith is a requirement. You must believe. When I say sola gratia, only grace, some might misunderstand and think we're saying you don't even have to believe. Sola gratia, only grace, that's all that's needed. No, it's “only grace” in a special sense. When the reformers like Martin Luther used that term, they were referring to salvation coming to us by grace apart from works. Would you look at these verses again? Look with me.  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast   It's in that sense that it’s sola gratia. It's not God’s grace plus your good works. You know, there are a lot of people who think that God admits people or rejects people into heaven on this basis. Watch. They think that God has this big scale in heaven, and on one side God's going to stack up the bad things you've done, the lies you’ve told, the lust you’ve felt, the immorality of your life, the dishonesty and the pride and the prejudice. He's going to stack all that up on one side. Then, bless your heart, he's going to come over here and he's going to stack up the good things you've done, and it's going to teeter. If you've done more good than bad, whew! You made it in. But if you did more bad than good, uh-oh, you’re lost. That's how most of the world thinks. The problem is, that is not what the Bible teaches. Sola scriptura teaches that it’s sola gratia, only grace through faith. We're not saved by our works. You see, if you were saved by the good things that that you did, when you get to heaven you be like this. You’d put your thumbs under your suspenders and you’d be like, “Hey, Lord. Good to see you. I got here because of the good things I did. You know, I was a good guy. I was faithful to my wife. I gave money. I was sweet to the little old lady down the street. I never robbed a bank. I'm good.”    When we get to heaven, nobody's going to have their thumbs under their suspenders. You know what we're going to do? We're going to fall on our faces, and we're going to say, “God, how could you save a wretch like me? How great you are. How gracious you are that you would forgive me and save me.” It's all of grace, but it does require faith.     Let me give you an illustration. I hope this will help. Can you see what this is? I got this in the mail this week from some sweet church members. They sent me this as a gift. It's a gift card for $200 to Fleming's Steakhouse. I’ll get a filet mignon with that. They sent this to me. It wasn't my birthday. It wasn't my wife's and my anniversary. I had not mowed their yard. Just out of love, they sent this to us. Do you know what you call that? Grace. You see, I have something that's valuable here and I didn't pay one red cent for it. It's grace. But is my belly full? And do you know why my belly isn't full? It’s because I have to redeem this. The way it gets redeemed is through faith. You see, I have to believe that this is not a gimmick that this is not a fake gift card. I have to believe that it’s real. I have to believe that the magnetic strip on the back is still good. I have to believe that they haven't already spent the $200 and just sent it to me as a gag. A curse upon them if they did that! No, I know, I know. I believe this is real, and as soon as my wife and I can carve out the time, we're going to go redeem this. We're going to sit down. I think I'm going to get a filet mignon. Could I get an “Amen”? Wrapped in bacon! With a baked potato, lots of butter, lots of sour cream – and no scallions. And I'm going to eat that. My wife, she’s going to get whatever she wants. In fact, I think we may even take a couple with us. Haven't chosen who it is yet; we've got $200! And I'm going to eat that meal, and they're going to bring a bill. You know what I'm going to do when they bring that bill? I'm going to slap that card down on that bill – paid in full by the merits of another!  Now, what's the point? This is grace, but I must exercise faith. I must possess it. I must make it mine, and I have to exert faith to do so. Christ offers you something much more than a gift card to Fleming's Steakhouse. In fact, I would just say pitiful in comparison. Pitiful in comparison.    He offers us eternal life, and you don't pay a red cent for it. But somebody paid for it, and he didn't spend his money to do it; he did it with his blood. We were not redeemed with things such as silver and gold, but with the blood of Christ as of the spotless lamb of God. We’re saved by grace through faith. Faith is often expressed just through prayer. “Lord, I know I'm a sinner. Lord, I call on you to forgive me. I believe Christ died on the cross for me.” We make that profession through prayer and we acknowledge it and we receive by faith the gift he offers.    That brings me to the last point. Sola gratia, only Grace? There are going to be a couple of people that protest what I'm preaching, and here's the way the protest goes; I know how this goes. There's going to be one group, and I'll call them legalists. They're going to say, “You mean I can be saved just by the grace of God, by putting my faith in him? You mean I don't have to do good works to save myself? That's too easy. No, no, no, they say.” They reject it. They say it's faith and works that redeem. That's the legalist. And there's another category over here, and they're going to say, “Oh, I'm saved by grace through faith and I don't have to do good works? Awesome! I'll walk an aisle, I'll pray a prayer, and then I'll just live like the devil until I get to heaven, and then I'm in by the grace of God.” That's wrong too. It’s the legalist and it’s the lawless. I'm going to do what I want.   How would the Bible answer the legalist and the lawless? He does it perfectly, right here in this text. Now, look at verse 10, “We're saved by grace through faith for good works.” We’re saved for works. Folks, look up here. Remember I told you every word in the Bible matters, every word? It’s not just big words like “grace, faith, works.” Those are big, momentous, weighty words. Even the little words matter – “by, through, for.” They're called prepositions. Little bitty words, but they matter. You can't switch them and have the truth. Like you can't say, “I'm saved by works unto faith or unto grace. No, you can't invert them. They are just as God gave them. So while I'm not saved by good works, I am saved for good works.    Two things about this I want to stress: Number one, God works in us. I love this. This is so good! The Bible calls us his workmanship. You know, we've got some guys in our church who are craftsman. I can think of a couple of guys who do woodworking. They do some pretty exquisite work; I’ve got some of their crafts in my home. I think of some painters that we have in our church, great artists, and you know some of them. Well, did you know, we are God's work of art? The word here “workmanship” is the word poiema in Greek, and from it we get our English word “poem.” Listen, friend, listen. You are God's poem. They used it back in those days for a work of art. It could be a piece of poetry. It could be a song. It could be a painting. It could be a sculpture. We are God's – I put it to you this way – we are God's masterpiece. You’re not unimportant. You’re not without value. You’re not without gifts and talents. No, you’re the creation of God. And could I just say, we’re twice over the creation of God. I was his by virtue of creation, and now I'm his by virtue of salvation. I was a creation of God; he knit me together in my mother's womb, but I'm a new creation by means of salvation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says “If any man, boy, woman or girl is in Christ, he or she is a new creation. Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” I've been made new in Christ. I am his creation and I am his re-creation. You’re God's masterpiece. You're his poem. You’re his painting. You’re his sculpture.    This isn’t so that we can look in the mirror and admire ourselves.  Wow, aren't I amazing! I am God's masterpiece; I'm God's workmanship! No. Notice we’re created in Christ Jesus unto, or for, good works. You were created for a purpose. You were created with a plan in mind. Listen, I've been living out the plan of God in my life for many decades now, and the journey following Christ is tremendous. Oh, the things God has done. And my task in life is to listen for the voice of God and follow the Spirit’s leading, and it's your job as well. He wants to use you to change this world.    I want to stress to you an opportunity coming next Sunday night. Folks, I know we normally only come here on Sunday mornings, but look at me and listen to me please, okay? I don't often ask you guys to go over and above, but I'm asking you to do it this coming Sunday. Come back to church Sunday night. Let's just repeat that together. Come back to church Sunday night. All right? 6 PM. Here's why. You're going to be equipped to do the good work of being an ambassador of the King. That's we’re made new creations. 2 Corinthians 5:17 is followed by 2 Corinthians 5:20: “We are ambassadors of Christ, and we’re making an appeal that you'll be reconciled to God.” And God wants to use you to help this world come to Christ, to know the grace of God through faith.  I'm going to tell you one last story. There's a great preacher, and I'm going to recommend him to you. He's a black preacher. His name is H. B. Charles, Jr., and if you like good preaching, look him up on YouTube. He told a story about a lady who was heartbroken. The reason she was heartbroken was she had received an heirloom from her grandmother. It may have even been passed down from a previous generation, but what it was was very simple. It was a handkerchief, and it had been passed down to her. It was a keepsake and she treasured it. But one day, she spilled a bottle of ink and stained that handkerchief. She was really sad and she was talking to a friend of hers telling what had happened. The friend said, “Send me the handkerchief.” It happens that her friend was an artist. He got the handkerchief, and he didn't tell her what he was going to do. He got the handkerchief, and using the stain of the ink as the starting point, he painted onto the face of that napkin a beautiful image. He made it a work of art. Now, H. B. didn't say what the work of art was, but I'd like to think it was the face of her grandmother. There was a face on the face of that napkin, and what was a mess became a masterpiece. She treasured that now that the stain, the mess, had become a masterpiece.   Why do I tell that story? You know why? You and I are like that handkerchief. The bottle of ink has been spilled on us by our sin and our disobedience, our trespasses. We look up, despairing because of the stain, and God in grace looks down and he actually takes those stains and he covers them, and he makes a masterpiece out of our mess. And the name of that is grace. Amazing grace.   Would you stand? Let’s sing together. 

“Sola Gratia” Sermon Series: Solas Ephesians 2:8-10 Istrouma Baptist Church – Jeff Ginn, Lead Pastor  10:45 AM Sermon January 19, 2020       Outline:   Saved by grace   For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).      We have a problem   We have a provision                 Saved through faith   For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast (Ephesians 2:8-9).   Faith is a response      Faith is a requirement           Saved for works   For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them (Ephesians 2:10).             God works in us   God works through us       Ephesians 2:8-10 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.         “Amazing Grace” is, perhaps, the best-known and best-loved hymn of all time.  The beauty and simplicity of its melody (which you just heard played) is only eclipsed only by the hope and depth of its lyrics.    Listen to the first stanza: “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.  I once was lost, but now am found.  Was blind but now I see.”   The author of these words, John Newton, was, by his own admission, a “wretch.”  Now, that’s not a word we use every day. It means, “a miserable person; one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune; a base, despicable, or vile person.”  You may think that’s an exaggeration on his part.  But he was a wretch.  He was a slave trader, a blasphemer, and a rebel.   You know the song, I trust, but you may not know the story of the author. So I want to tell you a little bit about the life of the man who wrote that song. John grew up in a home where his mother was an instrument maker and his father was a sea captain. His mother passed away when he was about 7 years of age, and so he was reared in those later childhood years by his father. He loved his father. He looked up to his father. His father was a sea captain, and so, get this, when he was 11 years old, John Newton went to sea. He made his six voyages across the oceans with his father before his father finally retired as a sea captain. Well, he had not gotten enough. He dreamed about the adventures of life on the open seas, but his dream was soon turned into a nightmare, and I want to tell you about it.    He boarded a merchant ship and plied that trade for a while. But one day, he was in a port and he was pressed into naval service. We don't understand that term because we have an all-volunteer military. There's no draft. You volunteer if you want to serve. But back in those days in Jolly Old England, you could be pressed into service; that is, basically, you’d be captured and you would be forced to serve in the military, and so it was with John Newton. So now, he's no longer living a carefree life of a sailor aboard a merchant ship. He is now in the Royal Navy.  He kind of chafed under the regimen of that life. He ran afoul of his captain and was whipped, humiliated and demoted. He contemplated either murder of the captain or suicide. Before that could happen, he was able to escape and got aboard a slave trading ship called the Pegasus. He did not get along with the crew and was cast off in Africa. He was picked up by a slave trader, and became a slave himself in Africa until he was rescued. He said of that period that he was “a servant to slaves.”   Later in life he wrote, “I sinned with a high hand, and I made it my study to tempt and seduce others.” Newton lived a hard life with equally harsh consequences.   God got his attention though. In 1748, Newton’s slave ship was nearly wrecked by an intense storm.  Surrounded by crashing waves, ferocious winds, creaking timbers, and the cries of the souls on board, John fell to his knees and pled for grace. He was born again on board that ship that tempestuous night.    He comes to know Christ and begins to learn of the word of God and how to live as a Christian, but he's still a slave trader himself. He captains a slave trading ship. He hauls many a slave across the oceans into slavery, but God begins to convict him about the wickedness of that. He becomes friends with a man named William Wilberforce who was the primary advocate in England for the abolition of slavery. John Newton became an ally in that cause, and of all things, this once slave trader, blasphemer, rebel, becomes a pastor of a local Baptist Church there in England. He began to be hymn writer, and he wrote those lyrics that we know and love, “Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.”     God’s grace, which reaches anyone, anywhere, saved a wretch like John Newton—not just from the terror of that storm but from the grip and guilt of his sins. Newton wrote the song now known as “Amazing Grace” years later, while serving as a pastor in Olney, England.    Today, his lyrics still inspire, encourage, and instruct people about the radical reality of God’s amazing grace. It gives “wretches” like us hope.  It makes blind people like us see. And that is amazing! Only grace—sola gratia—is able to save sinners. For him, grace was amazing.    God help us if we ever get to a point where we're not just astounded by grace, that it would redeem wretches like you and me, friend. But that's the nature of his grace; it is amazing. We're going to look at that theme this morning in a message entitled, Sola Gratia, the Latin phrase which means “grace alone.” I'm going to base the message today out of; really, I think the classic passage in the Bible about grace. Open your Bible please to Ephesians chapter 2, and we're going to begin reading in verse 8 and carry it through to verse 10. I’d like us all as a sign of our respect for God's Holy Word to please stand as its read. Precious words are these. Give it your very best hearing. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.   Let’s pray.    [Prayer]   Please be seated.    We're celebrating 100 years here at Istrouma this month, and as we thought about this wonderful season of our church’s life, we thought we’re going to go back to some of the foundational principles upon which this great church has been built. Jesus himself, of course, is the Cornerstone. We're going to come to him in the next Sola series message. But we're looking at some of the great foundational principles, and among them are things like Sola Scriptura, which was our opening message in the series. There, I talked about how the word of God, scripture, is our only sure and sufficient guide to all matters of faith and practice, scripture. Then, last week, we took up the theme of Sola Fide, which is the Latin phrase for “faith alone.” Remember, we talked about the Philippian jailer who was terrified, near death. He fell down and he cried out, “What must I do to be saved?” The Apostle Paul answered him with words as clear as a bell, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved and your household.” Believe. That's how we're saved, Sola Fide.   Now, today, we're taking up the third of these messages, and it's entitled Sola Gratia, which is the Latin for “grace alone.” By the way, if you're new to Istrouma, we don't usually work in Latin here but this is an exceptional season of our church’s life, and it's fun for you to know these terms, even if we never revisit them again in terms of the Latin terminology. But bear with us; here it is, Sola Gratia, grace alone.   I want to begin in verse 8 and say that we are saved by grace. That's the first point, Sola Gratia. We are saved by grace. Look at the opening words to verse 8, “For by grace you have been saved.” You'll notice Paul is actually talking about something in the past, right? He says, “You have been saved,” not “You will be” or “You are being.” He uses the past tense because he's addressing this letter to the church at Ephesus. He's talking to believers. He says if you want to know how it is that you came to have life, it's by grace that you came to this life. It's by grace you have been saved. I know I'm talking to a lot of folks here that by grace you’ve been saved. But I am talking to some, and I don’t know who you are, but I'm talking to some who will be saved by grace. I pray that even this day you'll come to know the grace of God in truth.   What is grace? It is one of those church words. If I were to ask you to define grace, how would you do it? What is grace? A lot of people will define it in this way, two words: “unmerited favor.” What does that mean? “Unmerited” means you don't deserve it, and grace is God's unmerited favor to us. He loves us in spite of our sin. He forgives us in spite of our rebellion. He takes us to heaven though sin once stained us. It is unmerited favor shown us because of what Christ has done.   I'll give you an acrostic that I learned as a kid. I've always remembered it, and I think it's very helpful. If you'll take the letters of the word “grace,” I’m defining it for you, what is Grace? G-R-A-C-E. Write down beside each letter these terms:             G          God’s             R          Riches             A          At             C          Christ’s             E          Expense   Did you get that? Grace. God's riches at Christ's expense. That's what grace is. What are God's riches? God's riches would be his forgiveness; his patience with us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance; it’s heaven as our eternal home; it's abundant life, joy-filled life, peace, here and now. Those are God's riches, and they come to us at Christ's expense. In other words, those great gifts that I've named were not free. Someone paid for them that they might be ours, and it was at Christ's expense that they come to us. So that is grace. We are saved by grace.   I want to say two things about this. Number one, we have a problem. Houston, Baton Rouge, Luling, Lafayette, Monroe, South America, Africa, Asia, we have a problem. What's our problem? Our problem is, in a word, sin. I want to refer to jewelers for just a moment. I know we've got a couple of jewelers in our church, and I appreciate them so much, and I hope you’ll frequent their business. But these jewelers are very ingenious. If you say “I want to buy a diamond,” you know what a jeweler will often do? They'll take out a piece of black velvet fabric, and they’ll lay that black fabric down, and then upon that black fabric they’ll place the diamond or diamonds. Then they'll put a large spotlight shining down on those diamonds. Why do you think they put the diamonds against that black backdrop? It is so that you will be able to appreciate in all of their brilliance the beauty of the diamond. A diamond against a white counter may not glisten and shine as well as that diamond against a black backdrop. What's the point? You'll never fully appreciate the brilliance and beauty of grace until you see it against the black backdrop of our sin. That's why we're amazed by grace, that we, though sinners, can be forgiven and accepted by a holy and righteous God. When I see his grace against the backdrop of our filth and sin I'm amazed by it. Yes, our problem is our sin.    Let me show you this in the text. If you’ll look to verse 1 of this very same chapter it'll be very clear. Let me begin reading there in Ephesians 2, verse 1:  And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked [that’s describing us, folks], following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience…   Now, let me pause right there. He's describing humanity. You might be tempted to think that because we’re Christians we are above what he calls the “sons of disobedience.” You know, we can look down our spiritual noses at those “lesser humans.” We’re the Christians. But look at what verse 3 says. I love this. He says: among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh…   Folks, look. I once walked in the passions of the flesh. I did things of which I am ashamed. Just like John Newton; he didn't have much on me, if any. I, too, am a wretch, a sinner, and when I see God's grace given me against the backdrop of my past, and how I lived in the passions of my flesh, I'm amazed and I hope you are as well. Now, that's our past. That's our problem, right? But I've come to tell you good news, not bad news. That's bad news. Let me give you some good news. Though we have a problem, it is answered by God's provision, and that's the next sub point. We have a provision. You’ll see this as we continue reading this very passage. It says, Ephesians 2 verses 4 and following: 4 But God, being rich in mercy...   Let me pause to ask you to do something. As I'm reading this, I want you to watch for the word “grace,” and when it occurs, I want you to count it. All right, let’s see how many times it occurs in these verses. We are sinners. We once walked in the passage of our flesh. He says,  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses [even then, he loved us, yes, he], made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and [he] raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. [And then verse 8, our key verse] 8 For by grace you have been saved...    How many times in what I just read, including verse 8, does the word “grace” appear? Three. Exactly right. Not once, not twice, but three times over he is stressing to us God's provision for our problem. Sin is addressed by grace, and by grace we are saved.    I want to give you an illustration that I hope will help turn the light on in your understanding of this. I'm going to tell you a make-believe story. It's the story of a father. This father had an only son, and he loved his boy as fathers do. The boy got old enough to go out on his own. One day the boy was out, and he was attacked by some thugs. They beat him and they robbed him, and in the course of their attack the young son was killed. It was a brutal murder, and the father was heartbroken, as you can imagine.    The father considered how he might deal with those who had murdered his son. He thought of four possible responses he could make. First of all, he could seek vengeance. Do you know what vengeance is? Vengeance is when you take the law into your own hands. Without police, without courts, without law, he would go and he would execute those that had killed his son. In vengeance the criminals would get worse than they deserve, because really, everybody has a right to a fair trial. Everybody has their day in court. Vengeance is inappropriate. God says, “Don't seek vengeance. Leave that in my just hands,” right? “Vengeance is mine,” the Lord's says. But he considered vengeance.   Secondly, he said there's another option. I could seek justice. That could be my response. Leave it to the police to find the criminals; leave it to the court to try them; the jury to decide on their guilt or innocence; and the judge to declare the sentence. Now if vengeance giving them worse than they deserve, justice is giving them straight-up what they deserve.    But then he thought of a third possible response. He thought, I could show them mercy and forgive them for what they've done and plead mercy in the court on their behalf. That would be unbelievable, would it not? I think it's beyond most of us to respond in that way. If vengeance is getting worse than what they deserve, and justice is getting what they deserve, mercy would be not getting what they do deserve. Yes, they deserve a sentence. They deserve prison. They deserve punishment. Perhaps they deserve execution. But mercy would say, “No.”    Then, there remained one possible response. Not vengeance; not justice; not even mercy, as great as it is. There remained the option of grace. Now if vengeance is getting worse than you deserve, and justice is getting what you deserve, and mercy is not getting what you do deserve, what would grace be? Grace would be getting what you don't deserve. What if in that story the bereaved father looked with pity upon the criminals and said, “Not only do I forgive you, I want to adopt you into my family, and I want you to inherit the riches that would have been my son’s. You say, “Preacher I can't stand the thought of that. That's unbelievable that anyone would respond in that way.” and I would say, “Yes, wouldn't it be amazing? It would. And that's why we refer to it as “amazing grace.”    Friend, we are those criminals. Do you not see that? It was your sin and my sin for which Christ was nailed to the cross, not for any guilt of his own. God in love looked down at his only beloved there. God could have sought vengeance upon us. He certainly could have executed justice or stopped short at mercy, but he went all the way, and he would adopt us into his family. Are you a part of God's forever family? Friend, if you're not, you may be this very day. How do you get into his family? You’re saved by grace.   Now, number two. Not only are we saved by grace, but, number two, we’re saved through faith. When you read your Bible, I think you know this now, but let me just say it, every word in the Bible matters. Every word. You can't even change the prepositions. You can't say you’re saved by faith. You're not saved by faith, you’re saved by grace, but you’re saved through faith.    Now, let's explore this just for a moment. Because God has been gracious in giving his son, you might be tempted to think that everybody's going to be saved. We’re saved by grace, and that's God's action in Christ on our behalf. He died for the sins of the whole world, 1 John 2:2 says. Well, if he died for everyone, and grace is available to everyone, then won’t everyone be saved? There are those who hold that position. It's called “universalism,” that everyone, universally, will be saved. Many of them will even say it’s because of Christ and his death on the cross that redeems everybody regardless of their response. But friend, I'll just say in response to that, and I don't have time to address it fully, I’ll just say they didn't get that idea from the Bible. The Bible teaches that there are two destinies, heaven and hell, and there are people who will spend eternity in heaven or in hell. So no, not everyone is saved, even by the grace of God, because you see, there is a response that is required of us, and faith is a response to God's grace. Now, if you would look there again at verse 8, “For by grace you have been saved [and we’re emphasizing those two words in bold] through faith.” Grace precedes faith, and that's very important, folks. Listen. Sometimes you’ll hear people say, “Oh, it doesn't matter what you believe, just believe.” It's as though if you had faith, regardless of in whom you put your faith or in what you put your faith, just believe, and you will be saved. You can believe in Muhammad, you can believe in Confucius, you can believe in naturalism and you can believe in pantheism and worship the trees and the rocks and the lakes, it doesn't matter what you believe; just believe. We’re saved by faith. No, friends, we're not saved by faith; we’re saved by grace, the act of God in Christ, but it comes to us through faith. That's the means by which we make it our own.   God alone saves, and it is through faith that that salvation comes to us. Our faith, I'll say it this way, our faith has a focus, and that focus is Christ. Remember last week when we were talking about sola fide, only by faith are you saved, and we were talking about the story of the Philippian jailer who was terrified that he might die. An earthquake had shaken the prison where he was responsible for the prisoners, and in his terror he asked this point-blank question, “What must I do to be saved?” And the answer was as clear as a bell, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Notice the answer was not, “Believe and you will be saved.” No, that would be to truncate the answer. It would be to omit the central part. It is not “Believe and you will be saved.” It is “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Take out Christ, take out his grace, his atoning death on the cross, and we will all be lost. It is grace that saves us through faith. Faith is our response to God's grace. I think of it this way, and perhaps this will be helpful to you. I think of grace as God reaching down from heaven to save a drowning world, drowning in our sins, and grace is him extending his hand to save us. I view faith as the response. Faith would be us looking heavenward and extending our hand to take the hand of grace. Here's the thing, folks, listen. When God's hand of grace is clasped by your hand of faith, salvation comes to you. His hand is extended. The only question that remains is, “Have you responded? Have you taken hold of that grace?” And you do so by faith, by entrusting yourself to him who died for your sins. That's how we get saved, by grace through faith.  Faith is a response, and second here, faith is a requirement. You must believe. When I say sola gratia, only grace, some might misunderstand and think we're saying you don't even have to believe. Sola gratia, only grace, that's all that's needed. No, it's “only grace” in a special sense. When the reformers like Martin Luther used that term, they were referring to salvation coming to us by grace apart from works. Would you look at these verses again? Look with me.  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast   It's in that sense that it’s sola gratia. It's not God’s grace plus your good works. You know, there are a lot of people who think that God admits people or rejects people into heaven on this basis. Watch. They think that God has this big scale in heaven, and on one side God's going to stack up the bad things you've done, the lies you’ve told, the lust you’ve felt, the immorality of your life, the dishonesty and the pride and the prejudice. He's going to stack all that up on one side. Then, bless your heart, he's going to come over here and he's going to stack up the good things you've done, and it's going to teeter. If you've done more good than bad, whew! You made it in. But if you did more bad than good, uh-oh, you’re lost. That's how most of the world thinks. The problem is, that is not what the Bible teaches. Sola scriptura teaches that it’s sola gratia, only grace through faith. We're not saved by our works. You see, if you were saved by the good things that that you did, when you get to heaven you be like this. You’d put your thumbs under your suspenders and you’d be like, “Hey, Lord. Good to see you. I got here because of the good things I did. You know, I was a good guy. I was faithful to my wife. I gave money. I was sweet to the little old lady down the street. I never robbed a bank. I'm good.”    When we get to heaven, nobody's going to have their thumbs under their suspenders. You know what we're going to do? We're going to fall on our faces, and we're going to say, “God, how could you save a wretch like me? How great you are. How gracious you are that you would forgive me and save me.” It's all of grace, but it does require faith.     Let me give you an illustration. I hope this will help. Can you see what this is? I got this in the mail this week from some sweet church members. They sent me this as a gift. It's a gift card for $200 to Fleming's Steakhouse. I’ll get a filet mignon with that. They sent this to me. It wasn't my birthday. It wasn't my wife's and my anniversary. I had not mowed their yard. Just out of love, they sent this to us. Do you know what you call that? Grace. You see, I have something that's valuable here and I didn't pay one red cent for it. It's grace. But is my belly full? And do you know why my belly isn't full? It’s because I have to redeem this. The way it gets redeemed is through faith. You see, I have to believe that this is not a gimmick that this is not a fake gift card. I have to believe that it’s real. I have to believe that the magnetic strip on the back is still good. I have to believe that they haven't already spent the $200 and just sent it to me as a gag. A curse upon them if they did that! No, I know, I know. I believe this is real, and as soon as my wife and I can carve out the time, we're going to go redeem this. We're going to sit down. I think I'm going to get a filet mignon. Could I get an “Amen”? Wrapped in bacon! With a baked potato, lots of butter, lots of sour cream – and no scallions. And I'm going to eat that. My wife, she’s going to get whatever she wants. In fact, I think we may even take a couple with us. Haven't chosen who it is yet; we've got $200! And I'm going to eat that meal, and they're going to bring a bill. You know what I'm going to do when they bring that bill? I'm going to slap that card down on that bill – paid in full by the merits of another!  Now, what's the point? This is grace, but I must exercise faith. I must possess it. I must make it mine, and I have to exert faith to do so. Christ offers you something much more than a gift card to Fleming's Steakhouse. In fact, I would just say pitiful in comparison. Pitiful in comparison.    He offers us eternal life, and you don't pay a red cent for it. But somebody paid for it, and he didn't spend his money to do it; he did it with his blood. We were not redeemed with things such as silver and gold, but with the blood of Christ as of the spotless lamb of God. We’re saved by grace through faith. Faith is often expressed just through prayer. “Lord, I know I'm a sinner. Lord, I call on you to forgive me. I believe Christ died on the cross for me.” We make that profession through prayer and we acknowledge it and we receive by faith the gift he offers.    That brings me to the last point. Sola gratia, only Grace? There are going to be a couple of people that protest what I'm preaching, and here's the way the protest goes; I know how this goes. There's going to be one group, and I'll call them legalists. They're going to say, “You mean I can be saved just by the grace of God, by putting my faith in him? You mean I don't have to do good works to save myself? That's too easy. No, no, no, they say.” They reject it. They say it's faith and works that redeem. That's the legalist. And there's another category over here, and they're going to say, “Oh, I'm saved by grace through faith and I don't have to do good works? Awesome! I'll walk an aisle, I'll pray a prayer, and then I'll just live like the devil until I get to heaven, and then I'm in by the grace of God.” That's wrong too. It’s the legalist and it’s the lawless. I'm going to do what I want.   How would the Bible answer the legalist and the lawless? He does it perfectly, right here in this text. Now, look at verse 10, “We're saved by grace through faith for good works.” We’re saved for works. Folks, look up here. Remember I told you every word in the Bible matters, every word? It’s not just big words like “grace, faith, works.” Those are big, momentous, weighty words. Even the little words matter – “by, through, for.” They're called prepositions. Little bitty words, but they matter. You can't switch them and have the truth. Like you can't say, “I'm saved by works unto faith or unto grace. No, you can't invert them. They are just as God gave them. So while I'm not saved by good works, I am saved for good works.    Two things about this I want to stress: Number one, God works in us. I love this. This is so good! The Bible calls us his workmanship. You know, we've got some guys in our church who are craftsman. I can think of a couple of guys who do woodworking. They do some pretty exquisite work; I’ve got some of their crafts in my home. I think of some painters that we have in our church, great artists, and you know some of them. Well, did you know, we are God's work of art? The word here “workmanship” is the word poiema in Greek, and from it we get our English word “poem.” Listen, friend, listen. You are God's poem. They used it back in those days for a work of art. It could be a piece of poetry. It could be a song. It could be a painting. It could be a sculpture. We are God's – I put it to you this way – we are God's masterpiece. You’re not unimportant. You’re not without value. You’re not without gifts and talents. No, you’re the creation of God. And could I just say, we’re twice over the creation of God. I was his by virtue of creation, and now I'm his by virtue of salvation. I was a creation of God; he knit me together in my mother's womb, but I'm a new creation by means of salvation. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says “If any man, boy, woman or girl is in Christ, he or she is a new creation. Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” I've been made new in Christ. I am his creation and I am his re-creation. You’re God's masterpiece. You're his poem. You’re his painting. You’re his sculpture.    This isn’t so that we can look in the mirror and admire ourselves.  Wow, aren't I amazing! I am God's masterpiece; I'm God's workmanship! No. Notice we’re created in Christ Jesus unto, or for, good works. You were created for a purpose. You were created with a plan in mind. Listen, I've been living out the plan of God in my life for many decades now, and the journey following Christ is tremendous. Oh, the things God has done. And my task in life is to listen for the voice of God and follow the Spirit’s leading, and it's your job as well. He wants to use you to change this world.    I want to stress to you an opportunity coming next Sunday night. Folks, I know we normally only come here on Sunday mornings, but look at me and listen to me please, okay? I don't often ask you guys to go over and above, but I'm asking you to do it this coming Sunday. Come back to church Sunday night. Let's just repeat that together. Come back to church Sunday night. All right? 6 PM. Here's why. You're going to be equipped to do the good work of being an ambassador of the King. That's we’re made new creations. 2 Corinthians 5:17 is followed by 2 Corinthians 5:20: “We are ambassadors of Christ, and we’re making an appeal that you'll be reconciled to God.” And God wants to use you to help this world come to Christ, to know the grace of God through faith.  I'm going to tell you one last story. There's a great preacher, and I'm going to recommend him to you. He's a black preacher. His name is H. B. Charles, Jr., and if you like good preaching, look him up on YouTube. He told a story about a lady who was heartbroken. The reason she was heartbroken was she had received an heirloom from her grandmother. It may have even been passed down from a previous generation, but what it was was very simple. It was a handkerchief, and it had been passed down to her. It was a keepsake and she treasured it. But one day, she spilled a bottle of ink and stained that handkerchief. She was really sad and she was talking to a friend of hers telling what had happened. The friend said, “Send me the handkerchief.” It happens that her friend was an artist. He got the handkerchief, and he didn't tell her what he was going to do. He got the handkerchief, and using the stain of the ink as the starting point, he painted onto the face of that napkin a beautiful image. He made it a work of art. Now, H. B. didn't say what the work of art was, but I'd like to think it was the face of her grandmother. There was a face on the face of that napkin, and what was a mess became a masterpiece. She treasured that now that the stain, the mess, had become a masterpiece.   Why do I tell that story? You know why? You and I are like that handkerchief. The bottle of ink has been spilled on us by our sin and our disobedience, our trespasses. We look up, despairing because of the stain, and God in grace looks down and he actually takes those stains and he covers them, and he makes a masterpiece out of our mess. And the name of that is grace. Amazing grace.   Would you stand? Let’s sing together. 

In this episode, sh'boys got to wander down under to the subways and sewers of Jolly Old England and watch a Patreon-pick: 2004’s "Creep". While underground, the FM3 get locked in and take a dip in the stink lagoons, try their hand at amateur surgery and realize public transit is for the birds... or at least for the dogs in birdcages.

This week on Priority One --- We take a look at what came out of Jolly Old England for this years Star Trek: Destination! Sir Patrick hints at the future of Picard, we get a glimpse of the new Admiral uniform, hear from showrunner Michael Chabon, and H. Jon Benjamin talks watermelons. in Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online console players get exclusive weapon packs, and Star Trek Adventures sets a course for strange new worlds! Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we'll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: What do you think of the new “Star Trek: Picard” admiral uniforms? AND What from this teaser video are you most excited about?  

This week on Priority One --- We take a look at what came out of Jolly Old England for this years Star Trek: Destination! Sir Patrick hints at the future of Picard, we get a glimpse of the new Admiral uniform, hear from showrunner Michael Chabon, and H. Jon Benjamin talks watermelons. in Star Trek Gaming, Star Trek Online console players get exclusive weapon packs, and Star Trek Adventures sets a course for strange new worlds! Of course, as always, before we wrap up the show, we’ll open hailing frequencies for your incoming messages Let us know on social media like Facebook, Twitter, or by visiting our website! This Weeks Community Questions Are: What do you think of the new “Star Trek: Picard” admiral uniforms? AND What from this teaser video are you most excited about?  

The Cinemondo Gang welcomes special guest Lorna Sullivan all the way from Jolly Old England to discuss the horrors of HAMMER and AMICUS FILMS! The classic, gothic, violently full-color horror films that gave us all nightmares as kids… DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and THE MUMMY… and their various sequels. Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and some of the greatest writers and directors in the business. We get into other lesser-known Hammer films including science fiction like the QUATERMASS films and even some dinosaur epics like ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. And a bonus campfirestory from Lorna about a genuinely creepy (and totally TRUE) doll experience. Definitely a cheerio, pip pip of a podcast episode!Music composed and performed by Burk Sauls.Join Cinemondo and over a hundred thousand podcasters already using Buzzsprout to get their message out to the world. Sign up here to get your podcast started!We're also on Patreon!Become a Patron on PatreonSPOILER WARNING: This episode is SPOILER LIGHT which means some story details will be revealed but not all. We still advise listeners to: Watch First Listen Later. Cinemondo Podcast is a weekly show that's released every Monday. If you’d like to support our show, please subscribe to our podcast free in iTunes, and leave us a review! We want to hear from you so write in with more recommendations and comments. Email us: CinemondoPodcast@gmail.com Connect with us: CinemondoPodcast.com twitter.com/CinemondoPod facebook.com/CinemondoPodcast instagram.com/CinemondoPodcastSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/CinemondoPodcast)

(00:04:00) - Intro  - (musical selection "Sphynx"  - Lupin III OST) (00:08:07) - Starman reviews Titans on DC. (Spoiler Alert!!!) (00:26:00) - Black Dishes out the latest online rage with the announcement of a BLACK batman and who that is is, and what that means.  (00:37:33)  - The Ninjas get amped about the upcoming Crisis on infinite Earths  (00:40:32) - Black “Sayjack” quizzes the Superhero knowledge of  Starman and Makyo as they attempt to answer "who wins", JLA vs The Boys.  (01:09:15)  - Makyo Deep Dives into his latest experience at the  Baby Metal Show in Atlanta, GA. You don’t wanna miss this segment.  (01:20:20)  Makyo and Starman detail their experiences in Mosh pits and look back on surviving the Lil Jon Crunk era and Gang related Club Shoot outs. (nigga we made it!!! ) Musical Selection "Papaya" - BabyMetal  (01:28:06)  - The Ninjas discuss their anticipation about the upcoming Justice Movie - Iris The Space Opera and go off on a tangent about some Doctor who stuff and the Sony vs Marvel/Disney Spider-man Fiasco.  (01:41:52)  - Makyo and Starman Discuss Doctor Who Stuff, Foreign TV and Animation. Also, the 2 ninjas walk down memory lane and tell stories about their times in Jolly Old England. 

We are back to chat the episode of Friends where Ross says the wrong name... S4E23/24 We also go over some listener picks from their Dessert Island! Thanks @Edwardthe_III and @Angela2BPecked for sharing!

Yikes, another few month hiatus, another update on the latest medical treatments for butt issues, from the unfortunate vantage point of our own lives. Also, some poo updates from Jolly Old England, where apparently they have a more healthy relationship with butts - er, bums - than we do here in America.

Ted and Di return with a new episode. In it, they discuss the Ravens game, and just how good the defense is. There are 4-5 legit candidates for Defensive Player of the Year, can a Vikings player win it? They also discuss Case Keenum and the offense. From there, it's off to Jolly Old England to face the Browns. How does your gameday ritual change for the early morning game? Then it's a preview of the Browns. It's not a pushover game, and the Vikings can't expect to walk in to the stadium and win. Gonna take more than that. Finally, they wrap the show up with listener questions.

You know it's good when the boys take a trip to Jolly Old England (well, the UK anyway), and this episode DOES NOT disappoint. We're spending the night with Zak et al in the Ram Inn, a building established for use in the year 940. That's right - it's a 1000+ year old vacation. Zak decides he's gonna try to seduce a ghost in it. No lie.

Guests: Astraluna, The Hedge Inspectors, Mary Agnes Krell, We Tigers, Victoria Vox Hosts: Stuart Yoshida, Doug Brown I’ve got a Podcast LIVE from the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival over in Jolly Old England, and YES, it’s recorded in a NOISY Pub, but that’s what makes it AUTHENTIC. So hang in there, because it’s well worth hearing what Astraluna, The Hedge Inspectors, We Tigers, Victoria Vox, and Mary Agnes Krell have to say as we talk about GNUF, ukulele podcasts, and cool projects the artists are working on. Support the Podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ooktown Make a one-time donation: https://ooktown.com/donate Guests and GNUF Links: Grand Northern Ukulele Festival: http://northernuke.com/ The Hedge Inspectors: https://www.facebook.com/thehedgeinspectors/ Astraluna Music: https://astralunamusic.com/about/ Victoria Vox: http://www.victoriavox.com/ We Tigers: https://www.facebook.com/wetigersukesongs Links: Victoria Vox, Jack and the Vox: http://www.victoriavox.com/jackandthevox Victoria Vox new video single: https://youtu.be/AWAVJ365OIE Kala Elite Brand ukuleles: https://kalabrand.com/pages/kala-elite-usa-ukulele Songs for the Sea: http://songsforthesea.weebly.com/ We Tigers - Ukulele Players United to Decrease World Suck, Volume One: https://ukuleleplayersunitedtodecreaseworldsuck.bandcamp.com/releases Rainy Days by Lucy and La Mer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCucGSdFAM Doug Brown: Website - http://den-uke.com/

Live from Asylum Fantasy Football Football and The Armed Forces Radio Network, it's The Sunday Morning Inside Slant. Join us this week as we prepare you for the bye week nightmare that is Week 8 in the NFL with Starts/Sits and all of your questions via Twitter, e-mail, and phone calls. Listen in as Briggs bring us a London weather update and we debate the viability of an NFL franchise in Jolly Old England........God Bless America!

Episode 6 Show Notes Beer of the Week Jan 11-17, 2012: Spinnaker’s ‘Lions Head’ Cascadia Dark Ale Close your eyes for a moment and put yourself in the following position. It’s 1888 and you have been stationed in Bombay (Mumbai) India for the last 6 months. It’s 40C with the humidity of about 96% so it really feels like 48C. You have been standing in the direct Indian sun for over 2 hours and you are in your regimental dress uniform. The sweat is trickling down the back of your neck and your only thought turns to that cold brew in the mess that has just arrived from Jolly Old England. Your mind quickly retreats to the last beer shipment and you cringe as it had gone foul. 4 hours later you are pleasantly surprised that the beer is cold, it is tasty and fresh but there is something different about it. There is a definite bitterness to it for some serious hopping. What is this? This is your first taste of a new brew called October Beer from the Bow Brewery. That beer is what we today call IPA or India Pale Ale. The brew of the week does not have nearly as dramatic a start, but it is a harbinger of what will surely be a new breed or category of brews. This weeks Brew of the Week is a Cascadia Dark Ale that has evolved from Northwest India Pale Ale. The catalyst for this style is the unique flavour that hops grown in the Pacific Northwest have and how well the citrus grapefruit tone pair with dark malts. The body is heavier than traditional IPA but lighter than Porters and Stouts. The second thing you will notice is the carbonation. Designed to be served colder, there is greater carbonation. This weeks Brew of the Week is the Spinnaker’s ‘Lions Head’ Cascadia Dark Ale which gets its name from a pub located in Robson BC which just so happens to be run by Spinnaker’s proprietor Paul Hadfield’s, daughter Carly. The brew is richly textured with bright citrus tones that float on a body of roasted, smokey, chocolately malt flavours. The finish is clean which makes this an easy brew to pair with a number of dishes... I like that. I’m really tired of brews or wines that are only good for sipping on their own... that is not my world...my world is about a quality of life that is always better when shared with others over a meal and great glass of beer or wine. This beer is only available in the 650ml bottle format, which you just looks better on the table vs a 6 pack of cans or bottles. PRICE $5.99 +deposit PAIR WITH big beef burgers, pork tenderloin with a cumin rub, meat lovers pizza, rich, strong cheeses. OCCASIONS this is a great brew for Pizza Night, Family Movie Night, Casual Get Togethers, Simple Dinner parties and evenings. AVAILABILITY Only available in the 650ml bottle in Private Liquor Stores  and by the pint at Spinnaker’s Gasto Pub in Vic West. TASTE this brew at all 5 Liquor Plus locations on Saturday Jan. 14, 2012 from 3-5pm Liquor Plus Radio is hosted and Produced by Rod Phillips with technical assistance from Steve Jobs (RIP) via GarageBand, Mike & Cheryl DeWolfe and Mike Vardy. You can subscribe to Liquor Plus Radio by either going to our website www.liquorplus.ca clicking on View Community, then the LP Blog, and subscribing by RSS, Or you can subscribe through iTunes or at www.BluBrry .com. Liquor Plus Radio is sponsored by Liquor Plus. Liquor Plus has 5 Island Owned and Island Operated full service locations to serve you better. Liquor Plus Discover the Plus As always please let us know what you think as we know we can improve but need feedback to do that right. That’s all for now so take it easy and drink responsibly so we can all improve our quality of life… one sip at a time.

Special podcast from England!  The audio is somewhat poor since we’re recording in an English pub using a portable recorder. This episode is also very short. SHOW NOTES: Guest: Sarah Bodah Drink of the Show: Black Sheep Ale, Woodpecker Cider Top 5 List: None Movies What we’ve been watching: Black Swan, Green Hornet, Robot That’s […]