What is "fall from grace"

n. The loss of one's current social position, prestige, status, power, etc. vb. 1 (context Christianity English) To lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings. 2 (context figuratively idiomatic English) To fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.

v. revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior; "The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert"

To fall from grace is an idiom referring to a loss of status, respect, or prestige. It may also refer to:

• Fall of man, Christian term used to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience
• In the New Testament the apostle Paul in his pastoral letter to the Galatians states that "You who are trying to be justified by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace." (Galatians 5:4 NIV) Paul argues that it is not humanity's sins that constitute a fall from grace, but rather it is our attempts to use our own works to obtain God's favor that is the real fall from the unconditional grace of God.

Fall from Grace is a live album by the band Death Angel, released in 1990. Due to label changes, the album was released without input from the band and new label Geffen Records, hence the lack of the band's trademark logo on the artwork.

Ensign's second 7" EP for Orange County, California record label, Indecision Records, followed their self-titled 7" debut from May, 1996. It was released in June, 1997 on 7" vinyl only. The production run was limited to 4239 on black vinyl, 600 green, 225 white, 106 orange and a further 100 on black vinyl with a different cover to coincide with a European tour. This was inline with Indecision Records tradition of putting out releases by new bands on colored and normal vinyl and was carried through to their next release, Direction of Things to Come. It was later re-released on CD as part of a retrospective compilation, Three Years Two Months Eleven Days, in April 2000 after the band had left to join Nitro Records in 1998.

Fall from Grace is a made-for-TV movie about the lives of Jim Bakker and his then-wife, Tammy Faye Bakker during the 1980s, and stars Kevin Spacey and Bernadette Peters in their lead roles. The film aired on NBC on April 29, 1990, as well as occasional reruns in later years on the Lifetime Movie Network, and depicts the events that led to the PTL scandal and the Bakkers' subsequent downfall.

Fall From Grace is an American alternative rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle, Washington. The band is best known for winning Fuse TV's reality show Bodog Music Battle of the Bands and winning a one million dollar recording contract with Bodog Music. Fall From Grace beat out over 7000 bands; ten of which they toured with for the prize. Those bands included new Bodog artists Boston's Fear Nuttin' Band, Miami's Big Bang Radio, Dallas's Ashmore, Houston's Subversa, Atlanta's The Mood, Minneapolis's Leroy Smokes, Los Angeles's Blaxmyth, Phoenix's Idle Red, San Francisco's Strifer, and Philadelphia's Burn Down All Stars. The band released their first major label album, Sifting Through the Wreckage, in 2008, and toured with Alesana to support the album. The album includes the singles "Pictures On The Wall" and "Last Straw".

Fall From Grace recently reunited to self-release a new album and tour. The band now includes brothers Cotton and Ty McDonald from another popular local band, The Jet City Fix and Jesse Smith, a local Seattle drummer.

Fall from Grace is the fifth studio album by the Danish dance duo Infernal. It was released in Denmark on 27 September 2010. It was preceded by the lead single " Love Is All..." on 10 May 2010. "Love Is All..." peaked at number six on the Danish Singles Chart. The second single, " Alone, Together", was released on 13 September 2010.

The album debuted at number nine on the Danish Albums Chart on 8 October 2010, selling 1,850 copies in its two first weeks on the chart. It has since been certified gold by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for shipments of 10,000 copies in Denmark.

"Fall from Grace" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American medical drama House. It aired on March 21, 2011.

Fall from Grace is the second full-length album by the power metal/ progressive metal band by Borealis. It was released in 2011 by Lion Music in North America and by Hydrant Music in Japan.