Is it possible that the best way to understand how the ancient world thought of the word grace is actually by looking at...the Mafia? For many people today, the word grace is a very common, everyday word associated with Christianity. But is our use and understanding exactly how people living in the 1st Century Roman Empire - who wrote and first heard the New Testament - used and understand it? Is all grace unmerited and does it ever require anything in return? And how does that all play out when considering Paul's statement in Ephesians that we are saved BY grace, THROUGH faith and not from ourselves or through works? Find out on this episode of the Like Stars Podcast!