We asked Joe Duke more questions about grace and GraceWorks.
GraceWorks: You started GraceWorks International, in part, because you saw a need. What is that need?
Joe Duke: Over many years now, I’ve become shocked by how easily people migrate away from God’s grace, both in their thinking and their behavior. There is a constant drum of anti-grace sentiment resounding from pulpits and podcasts throughout the world. But it’s often cloaked in spiritual sounding jargon so it’s not always easy to detect. I want to help people understand and experience God’s grace as described in the Bible and equip them to sniff-out that which is opposed to grace.
My wife is an avid cyclist. Sometimes I’m with Tricia on her rides, and sometimes not. On this day, I wasn’t with her when she called and said, “I think I need you to come get me. Something is not right with my heart.”
Just up the road, I found Tricia lying in the grass, her bike laid down beside her. Since she is a nurse practitioner, she had already assessed her condition. And her Apple watch confirmed she was in V-tach (ventricular tachycardia) with a sustained heart rate of over 200 beats per minute. Not good.
