There is grace "even" for people like me
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"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."
Here's some good news for all of us: "God does not consult 
your past to determine your future."

You wouldn't think a "fallen woman" in Jericho would end up in 
Hebrews 11, but that's exactly what happened. God's grace is so 
amazing that He will not only save notorious sinners, He'll also 
save self-righteous church members. We may read this story and say 
there is grace "even" for people like Rahab. But the word "even" 
gives us away because it unconsciously puts us on a different level, 
as if our sins aren't as bad as hers.

But as Romans 3:22 says, "There is no difference." No difference 
between young or old, rich or poor, slave or free, male or female, 
this culture vs. that culture, or this group vs. that group. As 
Romans 3:23 puts it: "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." 
All means all. We're all in the same boat, and the boat is going down.
It's not enough to say there is grace "even" for people like Rahab.
I'm glad there is grace "even" for people like Ray Pritchard.
That's the only way I'll ever get into heaven.

- Sermon by Pastor Ray Pritchard on Joshua 2 (Grace in a Strange Place)