First and foremost our Community ranking has improved significantly in the "Spiritual" category of skool communities. See our first ranking and our present ranking in the pic provided. Secondly I want to draw your attention to THE CATEGORIES! They are not easy to see, so I included a graphic to point them out. Take a look! MORE TO COME!

I could hardly go to sleep last night from excitement, and couldn't stay asleep either. Up at 1:30am and looking to implement in the League. In fact, I jumped out of bed at one point with a heavy heart to make a BIG change to the entire platform. Namely to make ALL PUBLIC COURSES FREE FOR ALL. Now, ONLY premium members will have access to Live Calls, Recordings, and discounts on private offerings and merch. I believe that either level is packed with value and allows for core participation between members. Which is the heartbeat of the League. Hopefully you all have noticed our new ABOUT PAGE DESCRIPTIONS and our new awesome Cover and Icon artwork. Again, this came by the help of a member who made AI do their bidding until I got what I was looking for. In fact, I have two matching sets of Cover art I can A/B test. What's showing now is my favorite of the two for starters. REALLY AWESOME NEWS is that we had 3 organic memberships yesterday. One decided it wasn't for them, and two stuck around for a minute. I'll take that ratio all day long. Have a blessed day all! -BigA

-by Pastor Joseph Cortes Grace stands alone, and that truth unsettles many people, not because it is unclear, but because it removes every platform built on human effort. Scripture does not hesitate or qualify when it says, “For by grace are ye saved.” It places salvation entirely in the realm of God’s unmerited favor, before faith is explained, before obedience is discussed, and before works are ever introduced. Grace does not ask permission to be sufficient, and it does not wait for human improvement to become effective. Much of the confusion surrounding salvation comes from a misunderstanding of faith itself. Faith is not a force that saves by its own strength, nor is it a moral achievement. People can have faith in almost anything and still be lost. Faith only has meaning when it has the correct object. Even faith “in God” is too vague unless it is specifically placed in Jesus Christ, because God is not doing the saving apart from His Son. Faith begins by hearing the Word, and when the Word is heard, a person either rejects it or is persuaded by it. That persuasion leads to full trust and confidence in who Christ said He is and what He accomplished. Salvation is described as “not of yourselves” because nothing originating from human effort can contribute to it. Any attempt to add performance, behavior, giving, repentance rituals, or moral reform to salvation subtly shifts the focus away from Christ and back onto man. If anything we do could assist in saving us, then grace would no longer be grace, and the cross would no longer be necessary. Christ would not have needed to suffer, die, and rise again if salvation could be purchased, earned, or maintained by human effort. This is why works-based teaching is so dangerous, even when it sounds spiritual. Telling people they must give to be saved or live a certain way to prove they are saved replaces grace with obligation. Obedience has value, but it does not purchase eternal life. Giving has purpose, but it does not secure heaven. If salvation could be obtained through works of any kind, then Christ’s sacrifice would be insufficient, and His suffering would be unnecessary.

Matthew 7:13-14, where Jesus speaks of two paths: the wide, easy road to destruction and the narrow, difficult road to life, with few finding it. But if getting in to heaven is simple why is he saying it is difficult?

Good day friends, got some good sleep last night as the winter weather is closing in on us down here in the southwest. We enjoyed an Indian summer in late December giving us a week and xmas day in the 70's. But, tomorrow it says snow for us. Things change quickly in the desert. Speaking of things changing quickly, have a look at the ABOUT page today, read the new descriptions and look for some new artwork to come. These changes came about by the help of one of our members who has been chewing my ear off about Jesus in here, and behind the scenes. They've been such a blessing also in inspiring new courses I've been adding to the classroom. Still trying to breakthrough the barriers keeping people from at least becoming free members and having a look around. Let's see what a new week brings.... BigA