I want you to imagine something with me. Imagine you had a long-lost relative named Uncle George. He was your mother’s cousin three times removed. (I don’t know if that makes him your uncle or not, but that’s not the point of this story). Your Uncle George had lost contact with your side of the family so growing up you didn’t even know you had an Uncle George. I keep using the past tense with Uncle George because many years ago he passed away and since he was a very wealthy man, with no family of his own, he left you $10,000,000 in a trust.

Yesterday our government released the details of the federal budget. And like the Ontario government earlier this week and every other government and business in the world, they hope to be able to save money through finding greater operational efficiency. Meaning, they hope to be able to do more for less simply by doing things better and smarter.

I have a surprise for you. My favourite verse is Galatians 2:20. Ok, if you know me or much about the ministry of Crossways to Life then that probably didn’t surprise you, knock you off your seat or cause you to spit out your morning coffee. (If it did I apologize.)

“You think I’m teaching cheap grace? That’s too bad. I was trying to teach that grace is free!” That was the remark I heard once from someone teaching a conference on grace. But is that really true? Is grace really free? Well the answer depends.