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Online Institute for
Studies in Grace Concepts
  • Five to ten-minute audio/video presentations by Don Whisnant provide introductory support for understanding God’s redemptive plan for our lives from a grace theological perspective.
  • Lectures are added regularly and archived to view on-demand. 
  • See Guidelines for Course Participation.


 Course Curriculum

 Grace Counseling
101: Four Words Guiding GraceRenewal Counseling Part 1
102: Four Words Guiding GraceRenewal Counseling Part 2
103: Sequence of Causes Leading to VIOLENCE
104: The Goal of Grace Counseling
105: God's Redemptive Plan
203: No Longer No Hope
204: Immersed Into Christ, Our Guarantee of Heaven
205: RECONCILED by the Death of Christ, SAVED by his Life
206: Two Aspects of Salvation: Justification and Sanctification
207: Three Relationships to Christ: Experiencing Full Redemption
208: Christ Living in You, Your Hope for Holiness
209: The Life of Christ in Us: Regenerating the Spirit, Renewing
210: A Transformed Mind: Support for Making Choices That Heal
211: God's Provision of Christ: Support for Service to Others
212: The 9 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
213: Identifying What Health Looks Like
214: Set Free From What We Used to Be
215: The Color of Truth
216: Doctrine Matters
217: The Salvation You Can Lose

Grace Leadership
303: Leadership by Support
304: Redemptive Relationships
305: The Fountainhead
306: The Right Hand of God
307: Hemmed In
308: The Hand of God
309: How We Celebrate Father's Day
310: The Six E's of Good Leadership
311: Grace Parenting

Growing in Grace
401: Quiet Time  
402: S.T.O.P.
403: Sanctification: Support for Understanding the Scripture
404: Receiving Your Way to Health
405: Support for Reading the Scripture in Order to Hear God
406: Support for Making Wise Choices
407: Sleep: A Gift from God
408: Waiting: Trusting God to Be Who He Is
409: Understanding Romans 8:28
410: Waiting on God's Redemptive Plan for Your Life
411: Experiencing Christ - The Sanctified Goal
412: More Than a Hug, It's Truth That Heals
413: Support for Dealing with Adversity
414: Light: Dispelling the Darkness
415: The Spirit-Enabled Life of Christ in You
416: Experiencing Heaven on Earth
417: Listening: Support for Reading the Scripture
418: Reading the Scripture in Order to Hear God
419: Who Will Deliver Me?
420: Organic Praying
421: Understanding What the Bible Means
422: The Need to Be Filled with the Spirit and Why
423: Christ: Support for Staying the Course During the Storm

Grace Concepts: A Glossary
501: Prayer
502: Inheritance
503: Calling (God's)
504: Worship
505: Believe
506: Blessed
507: Faith to Receive: How We Are Saved 
508: Forgiven
509: Heaven
510: Worthy
511: Authority, Servant, Submit
512: Regeneration
513: Obedience

Non Curriculum
601: Out of the Depths I Cry
602: The Love of Christ Lived Out in a Hurting World 
603: O Christ, Live Your Love thru Me!
604: Christ: The Grace Solution for Brokenness
605: Suffering
606: Welcoming the Plan That Accomplishes God's Purpose
607: The True Vine
608: Nearing the End of the Church Age: What We Can Expect
609: God Himself
610: For Me to Live Is Christ
611: Heard by An Attentive God
612: Made Alive With Christ
613: Grace and Peace
614: Support for Living in a Broken World
615: The Message of Grace
616: Submission
617: Deriving Strength from the Father
618: The Light of Christ: How the Darkness is Dispelled
619: If I Were a Goat

Grace Concepts Class
Week 2-1 BLESSED
Week 2-2 POWER
Week 2-3 SAVED  
Week 2-4 ACCESS
Week 2-4 NOTIONS
Week 3-1 THANK GOODNESS
Week 3-2 COVENANT
Week 3-3 TRUE VINE
Week 3-4 KISS
Week 4-1 SEED
Week 4-2 CAN'T
Week 4-3 HAPPY
Week 4-4 SERVE
Week 5-1 JOY
Week 5-2 ABLE
Week 5-3 NEW
Week 5-4 PAIN
Week 6-1 LIFTED
Week 6-2 FREE
Week 6-3 YOU
Week 6-4 WHEN
Week 6-5 THE PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Week 7-1 THE GATE
Week 7-2 QUIET TIME
Week 7-3 WAIT
Week 7-4 WHY
Week 8-1 FIRST and NEXT
Week 8-2 MYSTERY
Week 8-3 REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Week 8-4 WORNOUT
Week 8-5 GIFTS 
Week 9-1 FOREVER
Week 9-2 RESTORE (Part 1)
Week 9-2 RESTORE (Part 2)
Week 9-3 DRAW
Week 9-4 FREEDOM 
Week 9-4 THE SIN UNTO DEATH
Week 10-1 SOLUTIONS
Week 10-2 PRESERVED
Week 10-3 THE MODEL PRAYER
Week 10-4 NAME 
Week 11-1 THE MODEL PRAYER
Week 11-2 OUTWEIGH