The Impossibility of the Law & The Provision of Grace

A Gracious View of Ourselves and Others

November 10, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Romans 6:15—8:4

“No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him, is mine; Alive in Him, my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine.” And Can It Be

Law and Grace Distortions - Part 2 - Lawlessness

November 3, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Romans 5:18—6:13

“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?” Romans 6:1

Law and Grace Distortions - Part 1 - Legalism

October 27, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Galatians 3:10–26

“For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse…” Galatians 3:10

Comprehending and Knowing the Love of Christ

October 20, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Ephesians 3:14–21

“I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.” Charles Spurgeon

Confidence in the Lord

October 13, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • 1 Corinthians 1:18–31

“He was not interested in the role models, the moral strivers, or those whose lives were a template for perfection. He beelined toward those whose ledgers were tipped toward failure and who couldn’t seem to find a way out of the messes they’d made.” David Zahn

By Grace Through Faith

October 6, 2024 • Aaron Keller • Ephesians 2:1–10

"Grace is not an object passed from Christ to believers or a quality infused into them: it is, first and foremost, a transformative relationship with the Giver." - John Barclay

The Transforming Power of Grace

September 29, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Luke 19:1–10

“For I must stay at your house today…” Luke 19:5b

Perfectly Timed Rescue

September 22, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • John 11:1–44

“May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is Father, Son, and Spirit.” Larry Hein

Full Exposure

September 15, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Genesis 3:6–11

“Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” Genesis 3:7-8

The Impossibility and Provision of the Law

September 8, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Romans 3:9–26

“The whole sum of our wisdom - wisdom, that is, which deserves to be called true and assured - broadly consists of two parts, knowledge of God and knowledge of ourselves.” John Calvin

Come to Me

September 1, 2024 • Greg Schmidt • Matthew 11:28–30

“The grasping for control is the opposite of faith and the essence of original sin, just as it is the essence of our lives. The pursuit of power drives all manner of striving and exhaustion. Conversely, nothing gets people worked up faster than the prospect (or fear) of powerlessness.” David Zahl

Restoration Church Wausau