Effects of Grace Ministries, Inc.

08/24/2026

Our long-time friend and partner in ministry in the Philippines has passed away. Please pray for his family and church as they mourn his loss. Pray that the hope in the gospel of Christ continues in their area.

Edilberto Duroca is an Effects of Grace Network missionary. He has pastored a church since 2012 in Surigao, Philippines on the island of Mindanao.

07/18/2026

Many struggle w/ presenting the gospel to people. It is not that Jesus loves them and is trying to save them. They try to present Jesus as likeable in an effort to persuade them to come get the benefits He has. There is no gospel presentation in the bible that says that.

The gospel is that Jesus IS The Christ. The Anointed by God, King of All. That's why we have The Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In none of those do they say what is often passed off as "the gospel." They share Jesus to establish to their readers convincing proof that Jesus is The Christ. The King of all kings and the Lord of all lords. All should and will bow to Him. Those of us who are convinced, bow now.

Acts 5:42 (LSB)
42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.

06/04/2026

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05/29/2026

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09/02/2025

Let's make today Labor Day.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

(Hebrews 4:11, KJV 1900, https://ref.ly/logosres/LLS:KJV1900?ref=BibleKJV.Heb4.11)

08/30/2025

This is a sweet, encouraging word for pastors. "Celebrity pastors" miss out on real significance in people's lives.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6cdMNdi9p4UEl1Dhm2BDsi?si=orDWuPJhRMqafKMmLQqiHA

Pastor Well with Hershael York · Episode

08/05/2025

I needed rescue!

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. 2 He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. 3 He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD.

4 How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood.

Psalm 40:1–4 (NASB95)

07/24/2025

All dead people go to hell.

A person must be spiritually alive to go to heaven, have eternal live, be saved, etc. How does one become spiritually alive and how do you know?

John 3:3 (NASB95)
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 3:8 (NASB95)
8 “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

2 Corinthians 4:6 (NASB95)
6 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Revelation 20:10 (NASB95)
10 And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.