A favorite story never grows old. Years later, we still savor words we loved before we even learned to read. The lullaby that someone sang to us is what we sing to fretful children needing sleep. A fragment of a childish prayer stays with us—yes, stays in us—and we whisper it in moments when we’re short on comfort, certainty, or strength. The best things always bear repeating: we never really understand them till they rise in all those “times within the times”—those empty moments when our hearts seek healing, grace, companionship. And so we need to hear the gospel day by day—not only once when God announced our rescue, or on the weekend when we hear a preacher tell us why it’s true. We can’t ever get enough of knowing that we’re loved beyond all measure; held within the Father’s arms; rescued from our past and shame; and pointed to a future filled with joy. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life” (Jn 3:16). So speak of grace until the story is your own—so much a part of who you are that you can’t be distinguished from it—until you know, beneath all else, that “nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:39). Re-tell what love has done for you. And stay in grace. -Bill Knott
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: REASSURING RHYTHMS (January 22, 2021)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: RECLAIMING OUR IDENTITY (January 15, 2021)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: LOVE THAT WON’T LET GO (January 08, 2021)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: RENEWAL IN THE RUINS (January 01, 2021)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Love Came Down (Dec 24, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Keep On Singing (December 18, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Saving Our Stories (December 11, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Grace On The Ground (December 4, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Full Of Grace And Truth (November 27, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: The Choice To Love (November 20, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: The Great Unlearning (November 13, 2020)
Journeys With Jesus: The Empty Vase
Searching The Obvious: Keep Walking
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Beyond The Galaxy (November 6, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: The Best Kind Of Graffiti (October 30, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: The Gift That Keeps On Giving (October 23, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Winning Together (October 16, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: When Gripped By Guilt (October 9, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Beyond Debate (October 2, 2020)
Bill Knott's GraceNotes: Best Selfie Of All (September 25, 2020)
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Life After Ministry
Devoted To Prayer
Cast The Word
Rudolf Steiner Audio
Conspirituality