One of the most famous and disputed stories in history is found within the first 10 pages of the Bible. Noah and the flood. Genesis 6-9 contains the narrative of Noah and his family, wherein God covers the entire earth with a flood but chooses to save Noah and his family. After the flood, God establishes his covenant with Noah. These are but four short chapters, but a huge hinge in the Old Testament story.

We are in desperate need of hope. Our world is filled with physical disease, hate, injustice, vitriol, and violence. For most of us, the bleakness of the days leaves us longing for some shred of hope. In days where God may seem distant to many, recounting God’s faithfulness can be practice that brings hope and peace in hopeless and turbulent times.

Sola Gratia is the Protestant doctrine that Christians are saved by God’s grace alone.