What we hope you won't find at Grace Biltmore
We know that we have not arrived. This is an on-going journey and God is challenging and growing us. It is our prayer that through His help you will find a come-as-you-are, honest atmosphere at Grace Biltmore where people are allowed to be in process while exploring and growing in understanding the Gospel. We pray that you won’t find the typical “christian” sub-culture where the emphasis is on “ought to’s” and “better not’s” while ignoring the heart and our utter dependency upon Christ’s grace.
| Common Approaches | Grace Biltmore Approach | |
| Focus | Behavior (outward) Getting act together Change fruit |
Believing (heart) "Inside the cup" Change the root |
| Goal | Discipline |
Love |
| Dynamic | Obedience → relationship |
Relationship → obedience |
| Change | "Spiritual" effort |
Holy Spirit's work |
| Message | Try harder/Get
committed "You are a disappointment." |
Submit/Believe "You are His Child." |
| Motive | Guilt and duty |
Thanksgiving and love |
| "Holy" | Doing more and better |
Having more of Christ |
| "Flesh" | Gets less and better |
More conscious/Never better |
| Disciple | Charlie Do-Good and Suzie Sunshine-Models of doing more and better |
Chief of sinners.
1 Timothy 1:15. Repenter, gentle, gracious, loving, bold faith. |
| Danger | Feeds the flesh! Legalism/Hypocrisy/Pride/Non-love |
Misunderstand and fall into cheap grace or pride. |