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Summary: Hope For The Religiously Un-Correct
Review: For anyone with a love-hate relationship with the Evangelical Church (I know I'm not alone), this is a cup of cold water. There's a lot of us who have grown tired and even sick of all the tap dancing expected in order to be "religiously correct" and "Grade-A Church Approved." While the dancing goes on, many of us wrestle with an inner conviction that much of what we see and experience in the Church today not only misrepresents, but actually abuses Jesus and His message, slamming the door of heaven shut in the face of anyone who does not dance quite right. This book brings encouragement to those who wish they could resist the pressure to settle for religious correctness and fitting in rather than seeking authentic Christlikeness. It brings comfort that such inner disquietude is not the product of spiritual immaturity, carnalness, or satanic suggestion, but, rather, whispers of Divine longing for an authentic Church, dispensing Christ's redemptive love to the world. A prophetic message, especially to North American Evangelicals, against the errors of the Pharisees--which we may not be as far removed from as we'd like to think we are. Thank you, Phillip Yancey, for bringing courage to those of us who want to quit the tap-dancing.
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Summary: Grace, Bland and Boring?
Review: My least favorite book on grace that i've read so far. The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning packed a far more awesome emotional punch, completely and utterly changing my entire way of living out my Christian life, and The Grace Awakening by Chuck Swindoll brought home the point theologically and gave great insights on how to act towards others with grace. What's So Amazing About Grace rarely mentions grace, with almost entire chapters going with nary a mention of the word. Yancey has an excellent chapter on Christians not being involved in politics, but it's out of place, like the rest of the book. Guess you can't please all the people all the time. *shrug*
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Summary: The Bible of the 21st Century
Review: I left religion behind two years ago after long service through my youth and into college within the "church". Raised in a household in which I embraced an aura of legalism, there was no room for grace. The world came crumbling down around me in college, but Yancey's book lifted me up again and helped me find who the true Jesus really is.
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Summary: This book gets to the heart of Jesus' teachings
Review: With the modern Christian church losing sight of its real mission, Yancey brings our attention back to the essence of Christ's message: love and grace. As a recovering legalist, I needed to hear what Phillip Yancey had to say. Keep up the good work!
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Summary: This book expresses what many churches today are lacking.
Review: The concept of grace is difficult to define and even harder to accept. Phillip Yancey has given a number of examples in his personal life and in historical context which both help to define grace and to give it real meaning to your soul. It is well written and targets the heart of anyone who is a Christian or who wants to accept the grace which Jesus offers us.
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Summary: Agree with Kex86 and its great reading.
Review: I'd like to thank Phil Yancey for writing this book. At times his words hit me square on the chest. Other times I found myself cringing at my own ungraciousness, and Yancey doesn't even know me. This is great reading. Kex86 and I have the same frustration. I was looking for more help with the personal question: how do I live graciously AND live a principled life (I live in Mich, just a few miles from Jack Kevorkian). Yancey twice danced near my question. He asks, "How can a Christian dispense grace in a society that seems to be veering away from God?" (p. 241); and "What would a subversive church look like in the modern United States?" (p. 263). One time he asks my question head on: "How can Christians uphold moral values in a secular society while at the same time conveying a spirit of grace and love?" (p. 230) But I've had trouble ferreting out his quidance. Working through the book a second time I culled a bit of help: 1) maintain a higher personal ethic than the surrounding world, 2) consistently obey the command to "love one another"; 3) know that love (grace) transcends politics -- "the person is more important than policy"; and 4) remember that Christ came down, that the "ladder of grace reaches down" (pp 263-266). But with Kevorkian delivering two more bodies yesterday and his attorney announcing he wants to be Govenor of Michigan, I feel a need for more specific guidance. My children are watching.
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Summary: Grace: What Christians have to offer
Review: The C.S. Lewis anecdote Yancey tells captures the essence of what is unique about Christianity: Grace. As usual, Yancey does not discuss this issue in a removed-from-real-life, abstract theological fashion, but offers living examples of how grace can make a difference. This book receives an 8 instead of a 10 because it does not tackle what is the hardest practical problem in dispensing grace: finding the balance of grace vs. justice. It's a struggle that every parent regularly faces and something that society constantly encounters. "Do we punish or forgive?" "If we forgive everything, are we not promoting anarchy?" These are tough issues that require thoughtful application. I certainly profited from reading this book, but because of this shortcoming, I think it a 'good' rather than 'great' treatment of the issue of grace.
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Summary: What the world needs now.
Review: First I read "The Jesus I Never Knew" in January, 1998. I usually read about a book a year, but after reading this one I was inspired to pick up another Yancey classic "What's so Amazing about Grace". I finished the second in about two weeks. The two books are so different and yet both are "10's". While reading this book my eyes were opened to the fact that we are all sinners, and there really aren't good sins nor bad sins, just sins. How we need Grace to look at ourselves and others equally as being unworthy of the love of God, and yet God loves us. We must therefore look at our brothers and sisters in Christ through Grace-tinted lenses. Sin is sin. Its not up to us to distinguish one from another and therefore cast judgment on some but not others. God will take care of these matters. Philip Yancey, thank you for providing clarity to the Church of the 90's.
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Summary: A new way to look at grace
Review: In recent years there have been a number of excellent books written on "Grace." The subject seems to have been pretty thoroughly covered, but Phil Yancey in "What's So Amazing About Grace" has managed to see the subject in a totally different light - through grace-tinted glasses. I found it, as have many others, one of the most thought provoking, challenging books I have ever read. Yancey's emphasis is on knowing God and His grace to us and then reflecting that grace to others. Yancey 's summation reminds us that "God loves because of who God is, not because of who we are."
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Summary: Different standards of Grace
Review: I love Phillip Yancey. The problem I have with this book is that he complains that the church today is focused on abortion and gays, which Jesus never talked about. But he praises the church that helped to end slavery and bring civil rights, and I'm not sure Jesus talked much about those issues either. Because the logic in inconsistent, it can take away from his powerful message: grace is what we can offer that no one else can
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