Do not say that you are the temple of the Lord, writes Jeremiah; nor should you say that faith alone in our Lord Jesus Christ can save you, for this is impossible unless you also acquire love for Him through your works. As for faith by itself, 'the devils also believe, and tremble.' (Maximos the Confessor)

I wonder if Luther and Maximos, Paul and James, continue in a heavenly symposium on works versus faith?

Because I have been raised in and continue in the Protestant tradition, the promise of grace has been the explanation of redemption most available to me.

Because grace has been the concept most available to me, I am inclined to attribute the principle of grace to what I read in the gospels and other spiritual sources.

Both availability and attribution encourage me to an experience of grace, which anchors the perception in my understanding of reality.

Anchoring, availability, and attribution are the complex of factors that most often cause misperception of reality.

I am not, by any means, rejecting grace. But neither should I be so self-assured to simply reject Maximos out-of-hand.