2009-09-27T14:47:04-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/boast/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%202:8-9&version=NIV 2009-09-27T14:47:04-05:00 If we had the ability to save ourselves, we could boast that we don't need God. But the truth is that we're helpless before sin, and our own good works aren't enough to save us, so any such boasting is foolishness. It is grace that saves us through faith.