- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Int edition (19 Oct 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 084994693X
- ISBN-13: 978-0849946936
- Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Learn how God's grace can and will transform you. None of us deserve what God offers, a life free from the ravages of sin and hope for a glorious future, but unbelievably it's ours for the taking. Why? Because of grace. God's grace. The unmerited favour, the lavish love and kindness that he pours out on us, and has, since he walked in the garden with Adam and Eve. But if it's so available then why do we live a grace-less life? Why are our churches filled with disillusioned Christians, weary of the demands of religion, struggling with personal defeat because of issues and behaviours? Join pastor Andy Stanley as he traces grace through the Old and New Testament, observing God's grace at work in the lives of some of the best, and worst, characters. He also shares deeply personal insights from his own life and reveals how grace is not a natural response but is the most essential one. Together these stories unravel the mystery of grace and tell of its transforming power to set us free. Includes a special chapter to discover and come to terms with your own grace story.
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Format:Hardcover
Simple. Insightful. Life changing.
What a masterpiece! You will definitely have to take your time reading this book, not because it's a slow reader but because it will invite you into a journey exploring stories about Abraham, Judah, Rahab, Jonah, Levi, Nicodemus, the thief on the cross and more to illustrate God's grace. Andy Stanley invites you to find God's grace in the most unlikely and sometimes obscure circumstances. This book you will show you that God, through his amazing grace, provides you with a label of his own: Forgiven. Accepted. Loved.
I highly recommend this book to those who want to understand more about the grace of God and also to those who have to teach on the word. Andy travels through the Bible right from the beginning showing God's grace from Genesis to the Gospels. It's a fascinating and insightful study on a subject that can very often be difficult to understand and to teach.
At the end of this book you will even find that you have a better understanding of why God responded the way He did in many of the Old Testament stories.
What a masterpiece! You will definitely have to take your time reading this book, not because it's a slow reader but because it will invite you into a journey exploring stories about Abraham, Judah, Rahab, Jonah, Levi, Nicodemus, the thief on the cross and more to illustrate God's grace. Andy Stanley invites you to find God's grace in the most unlikely and sometimes obscure circumstances. This book you will show you that God, through his amazing grace, provides you with a label of his own: Forgiven. Accepted. Loved.
I highly recommend this book to those who want to understand more about the grace of God and also to those who have to teach on the word. Andy travels through the Bible right from the beginning showing God's grace from Genesis to the Gospels. It's a fascinating and insightful study on a subject that can very often be difficult to understand and to teach.
At the end of this book you will even find that you have a better understanding of why God responded the way He did in many of the Old Testament stories.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
God's amazing grace
10 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
This isn't the deepest book theologically you'll ever read on grace, and Stanley himself even admits in the introduction that plenty of books have been written about the subject of grace.
But this is definitely one of the best. Stanley's writing style is simple and clear..nothing fancy, but he always gets the reader to consider things they might not normally think of. Early on in the book for instance, he points out how the simple act of God creating light was in fact, an act of His grace. How many of us have ever thought of it that way? I certainly hadn't.
Throughout the book Stanley uses stories about Abraham, Rahab, Jonah, Levi, Nicodemus and more to illustrate God's grace. Maybe the best of them all is the section on Judah. (pg.38-49)
THE GRACE OF GOD is full of excellent quotes:
.."Grace is never just enough. Grace is always far more than enough." (8)
.."Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God."(49)
.."To run from God is to run from grace." (113)
.."Grace is not earned; it is offered." (141)
Most of us have a much harder time of giving grace than receiving it, as Stanley points out. This book will help anyone wanting to be a more grace filled person who is eager to dispense the same grace to others that God shows to us.
But this is definitely one of the best. Stanley's writing style is simple and clear..nothing fancy, but he always gets the reader to consider things they might not normally think of. Early on in the book for instance, he points out how the simple act of God creating light was in fact, an act of His grace. How many of us have ever thought of it that way? I certainly hadn't.
Throughout the book Stanley uses stories about Abraham, Rahab, Jonah, Levi, Nicodemus and more to illustrate God's grace. Maybe the best of them all is the section on Judah. (pg.38-49)
THE GRACE OF GOD is full of excellent quotes:
.."Grace is never just enough. Grace is always far more than enough." (8)
.."Grace is not reserved for good people; grace underscores the goodness of God."(49)
.."To run from God is to run from grace." (113)
.."Grace is not earned; it is offered." (141)
Most of us have a much harder time of giving grace than receiving it, as Stanley points out. This book will help anyone wanting to be a more grace filled person who is eager to dispense the same grace to others that God shows to us.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Book Review - The Grace of God
11 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
Grace is a topic that has been covered quite a bit in the past and if you have read many of these books, this book scratches the surface on the literature. In saying this though the author explains this and reveals as much from the beginning of the book.
What makes this book different though is that the author does a great job at engaging his readers and making them think about the topic and about things that you normally would not in regards to the topic at hand. One example of this occurred in the middle of the book where the author is talking about Jonah and he states that "the purpose of God's discipline was not to pay him back but to bring him back". It was through comments such as these and more that makes the book stand out to me!
One simple thing that the author did, that I liked was that in each chapter, when he was particularly trying to hit home a point, he bolded the text. As I mentioned, a simple concept, but one that really helped me as a reader to identify the most important concepts.
While grace is still something that I struggle with, this book did open my eyes to the grace that God gives, and the challenge is for us to receive it and accept it. I do believe that you will find this book to be filled with a great array of ideas in living a more grace filled life!
What makes this book different though is that the author does a great job at engaging his readers and making them think about the topic and about things that you normally would not in regards to the topic at hand. One example of this occurred in the middle of the book where the author is talking about Jonah and he states that "the purpose of God's discipline was not to pay him back but to bring him back". It was through comments such as these and more that makes the book stand out to me!
One simple thing that the author did, that I liked was that in each chapter, when he was particularly trying to hit home a point, he bolded the text. As I mentioned, a simple concept, but one that really helped me as a reader to identify the most important concepts.
While grace is still something that I struggle with, this book did open my eyes to the grace that God gives, and the challenge is for us to receive it and accept it. I do believe that you will find this book to be filled with a great array of ideas in living a more grace filled life!
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
saved by grace
25 Oct 2010
Format:Hardcover
In case you have been living under a rock for the past five or so years, Andy Stanley is considered to be the "leader's leader" amongst pastors. Ok, I admit "I" gave him that title but that is how I see him. Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization. (and his dad of course is (ta-da) Charles Stanley. The Principle of the Path and Next Generation Leader are two of my favorite leadership books of all time. (oh and Seven Practices of Effective Ministry).
So you can imagine I was pretty excited to review his new book The Grace of God. This isn't just another book about "amazing grace," but a deep reminder of the fact that even from as early as the book of Genesis, God has been offering his grace to humanity. The good news of the gospel of course is that we are all saved by the grace of God, as a total gift! "Grace is the vehicle that God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we don't deserve." (page 34)
I was just having this conversation with my wife the other day about how we as Christians explain the gospel, or Christianity or Jesus to seekers. I bet a lot of times we start with topics, or bible verses or even "let me tell you about Jesus." But I don't know why we don't always START with grace and the actual "message" of the gospel. A seeker may not know how to respond to who Jesus is, or an Old Testament law, but I believe everyone can understand how to relate to grace and forgiveness. Christianity can "appear" to be a bunch of rules and moral codes when we start with those topics, but "God didn't give us the law to make us good. He gave us the law to expose our sin." (page 73) And sin always leads us to grace and the fact that we are all forgiven by God - totally free of any action from us other than faith.
This is a great book for anyone to read, (even seekers) and will probably appeal to the wider crowd of Christians who read Rick Warren, Max Lucado and Philip Yancey. But on a deeper level, it's a good reminder to all of us of the complete grace of God. Andy writes, "People who were nothing like Jesus... liked Jesus (and) Jesus liked people who were nothing like him." (page 126). When we think of Jesus, he seemed so much more accepting and forgiving then our own Christian churches... why is that?
To the woman caught in adultery, Jesus' response was "neither do I condemn you." (John 8:1-11) and yet how often do Christians come across as condemning to those in sexual sin?
Grace is something the world does not often see or experience - the church can quickly become the light of the world by being true examples of the grace of God.
So you can imagine I was pretty excited to review his new book The Grace of God. This isn't just another book about "amazing grace," but a deep reminder of the fact that even from as early as the book of Genesis, God has been offering his grace to humanity. The good news of the gospel of course is that we are all saved by the grace of God, as a total gift! "Grace is the vehicle that God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we don't deserve." (page 34)
I was just having this conversation with my wife the other day about how we as Christians explain the gospel, or Christianity or Jesus to seekers. I bet a lot of times we start with topics, or bible verses or even "let me tell you about Jesus." But I don't know why we don't always START with grace and the actual "message" of the gospel. A seeker may not know how to respond to who Jesus is, or an Old Testament law, but I believe everyone can understand how to relate to grace and forgiveness. Christianity can "appear" to be a bunch of rules and moral codes when we start with those topics, but "God didn't give us the law to make us good. He gave us the law to expose our sin." (page 73) And sin always leads us to grace and the fact that we are all forgiven by God - totally free of any action from us other than faith.
This is a great book for anyone to read, (even seekers) and will probably appeal to the wider crowd of Christians who read Rick Warren, Max Lucado and Philip Yancey. But on a deeper level, it's a good reminder to all of us of the complete grace of God. Andy writes, "People who were nothing like Jesus... liked Jesus (and) Jesus liked people who were nothing like him." (page 126). When we think of Jesus, he seemed so much more accepting and forgiving then our own Christian churches... why is that?
To the woman caught in adultery, Jesus' response was "neither do I condemn you." (John 8:1-11) and yet how often do Christians come across as condemning to those in sexual sin?
Grace is something the world does not often see or experience - the church can quickly become the light of the world by being true examples of the grace of God.
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