
Grace Against Meritocracy - Progressive (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Our culture worships meritocracy: you get what you earn, you deserve what you have. But Ephesians 2:8-9 subverts this idol: "Not by works, so that no one can boast." Grace undermines the myth that the successful earned their success and the struggling deserve their struggles.
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