The Grace Of God by Andy Stanley

The Grace Of God by Andy Stanley is an in-depth look at the grace extended to us. What is GRACE? Grace is not getting what we truly deserve. There are more complicated explanations, but this is a book that will help you to understand various nuances. Stanley uses several people from the Bible to demonstrate the grace they received and, in doing so, gives greater clarity to the true meaning of God's favor to us. Moses, Abram, Jonah, Rahab, Matthew, Nicodemus, and the Prodigal Son are but a few of the familiar stories he uses to demonstrate God's marvelous grace. There are 13 chapters that reveal aspects, such as chosen, redeemed, rescued, puzzled, accepted, saved, and other delineations. Each example given renewed my awe at how gracious and loving my Heavenly Father is to His children.

On one hand, this was not one of those books that I cannot put down. You know...the type that fill you with the sense of urgency to rush out and be used of God. However, it is a book that I needed to show me the many ways grace has been revealed in the past, and a reminder that God still extends the same grace today. Whether consumed with my own guilt and shame over past and current sin, or whether I am being judgmental and legalistic to someone else...this is a book that will cause one to pause and consider the reaction. I would certainly recommend this to anyone, but especially to those who feel that they could not be loved by God. We all need a reminder that grace is a gift.

Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization. In addition, he is the author of several books.
Stanley now lives in Alpharetta, Georgia with his wife, Sandra, and his three children: Andrew, Garrett, and Allison.






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