We read in the Letter to the Ephesians: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God-not the result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9). Grace can be defined as the love and mercy given to us by God because God wants us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it. Grace is central to our understanding of...