{"product_id":"the-grace-of-god-the-gift-we-dont-deserve-the-love-we-cant-believe-paperback","title":"The Grace of God: The Gift We Don't Deserve, the Love We Can't Believe - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Stanley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn order to be a people of grace, we have to understand the story of grace...and how grace transforms us. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace is more story than doctrine. It's more than forgiveness or compassion. It's undeserved by definition, essential to salvation. And it turns out that God's grace--though it's the only thing we stand \u003cem\u003eon\u003c\/em\u003e and the only thing we should stand \u003cem\u003efor\u003c\/em\u003e--is the very thing that we consistently distort and hesitate to extend to others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is that?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven now, as we think about the simple and unconditional nature of grace, our instincts cling to complexity and conditions. We wonder: \"What does grace have to do with justice or judgement?\" \"How does grace overcome repeated misbehavior or bad habits?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand the story of grace--what it means and how it's misunderstood, why we need it and how it was given to us--we have to begin at the beginning...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow Andy Stanley as he traces the story of grace through the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, peering into the lives of biblical characters to discover how each story reveals grace to be God's preeminent characteristic from the very beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee the narrative of Scripture in light of this grace as Pastor Andy reveals: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy creation itself was an act of grace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy grace is inviting to the unrighteous and threatening to the self-righteous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy grace is so predictably unpredictable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy no effort of ours can add to God's grace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining biblical study, personal story, and an urgent message to today's Christians and churches--\u003cem\u003eThe Grace of God \u003c\/em\u003eis Andy Stanley's clearest, most powerful message on the thing that defines our relationship with our God and with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 12, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966592680237,"sku":"9780849947162","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ejY5SlZSMy8xS1lYalc1NmtsRkR1dz09.webp?v=1775534738","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-grace-of-god-the-gift-we-dont-deserve-the-love-we-cant-believe-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}