- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Zondervan Books (Sep 18 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0310213274
- ISBN-13: 978-0310213277
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.1 x 2.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (141 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #189,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- See Complete Table of Contents
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Product Details |
Product Description
From Amazon
Mention the word "grace" and what immediately comes to mind for most of us is a bagpipe wailing the solemn notes of "Amazing Grace."
The grace of which Philip Yancey writes is the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God. This grace seems a remote, almost sentimental concept, without a place in our lives or our society. It is a vague, slippery thing to us, probably because we seem to experience grace so rarely and have managed to leech the word of meaning. But Philip Yancey has set about to rescue grace in his book What's So Amazing About Grace?
This grace is the true message of Jesus. All faiths have virtues and creeds and justice and truth, but Jesus speaks merely of receiving the love that God has for us. Accepting it, not earning it or making ourselves worthy of it. And frankly, accepting something we have not earned or are not worthy of is not an easy thing for most of us.
In truth, grace is both utterly simple and utterly confounding. Little by little, Yancey guides us into a clearer understanding of grace by using stories, in much the same way Jesus did. We read stories of both grace and ungrace at work in people's lives. Sadly, it is stories of ungrace that are more prevalent today, the current culture wars painful acknowledgments of ungrace in our lives as Christians in this country. Yancey helps us understand that ungrace is that state of being in which self-righteousness and pride are a result of thinking that we have somehow earned God's approval and may now stand in judgment in his behalf.
Philip Yancey was awarded the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year award for this book in 1998 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Readers concurred with this decision, making this book an immediate bestseller. Believers and nonbelievers alike should accept Yancey's challenge to become agents of grace rather than agents of vengeance or judgment or anger. In truth, we are each starving for grace, ready to grasp it tightly. And it is through grace that all other hungers--for justice, for righteousness, for love--are satisfied. Yancey opens his book by telling us that "grace" is the last best word, and in What's So Amazing About Grace?, he proves that he's right. --Patricia Klein
Book Description
On the heels of Philip Yancey's best-selling The Jesus I Never Knew comes this equally insightful exploration of grace, the most powerful force in the universe and our only hope for love and forgiveness. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award, the Christian Book of the Year Award, and the Retailers Choice Award.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
I told a story in my book The Jesus I Never Knew, a true story that long afterward continued to haunt me. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
I told a story in my book The Jesus I Never Knew, a true story that long afterward continued to haunt me. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most helpful customer reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars
My first Yancey read...and now, I'm on my second!,
By
This review is from: Whats So Amazing About Grace (Hardcover)
Loved this book. Few books about grace have captured the essence of what Jesus really meant when he talked about true, amazing grace. After reading this, I've gotten into Yancey more and I'm on "Reaching for the Invisible God" right now and am loving that even more than this one. Anyway, about this book, it's packed full of content and I love how Phil uses stories to tell of grace (like Jesus...hmm, good thing to do--probably very effective). Take time with this book and read it slow. If it makes you mad, GOOD!! So many Christians need to get mad over grace b/c that is the only way we'll come to accept that it's a gift, it's free and it's available to everyone, not just us!!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simply the best book I ever read,
By
This review is from: What's So Amazing about Grace? (Audio Cassette)
This book was so amazing...I now own one copy that I have read through and thoroughly underlined and another that I loan out to friends. I had absolutely no idea how much God loved me until this book came out. Finally, a Christian stance that makes sense and helps all readers and seekers see the Bible as a book of love and acceptance rather than condemnation. I cannot say enough good things about this book. It is the most insightful, profound, thought provoking, and heart grabbing Christian book I have ever read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sola Gratia,
By
This review is from: Whats So Amazing About Grace (Hardcover)
Americans often use the word "grace" incorrectly. We say, "That woman has such grace," when we actually mean that she has a lot of poise or style. We say that an athlete moves gracefully, when he/she, in actuality, is moving effortlessly or powerfully. The word grace comes from the Latin word gratia (similar to the Italian and Spanish words for "thank you"). It really means undeserved favor. In fact, it's what happens when you get the opposite of what you deserve. I think that it's a pretty rare concept, especially in 21st century America. We're always measuring each other...measuring ourselves against eveyone else...but do we really have any concept of what we deserve? Yancey, a trained journalist, does a masterful job of explaining what's so amazing about grace. He's honest. He criticizes the Church at times, but he also cricizes himself. Some people think that Christianity is all about good people going to Heaven and bad people going to Hell. But Yancey shows us the reality of the Gospel: we're all bad, and the Lord has given us the greatest gift in Jesus Christ, despite the fact that we are undeserving. If it's true (and I think it is), it's definitely amazing.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Want to see more reviews on this item?
|
Most recent customer reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
