Quotes from bookWhat's So Amazing About Grace?
What's So Amazing About Grace? is a 1997 book by Philip Yancey, an American journalist and editor-at-large for Christianity Today. The book examines grace in Christianity, contending that people crave grace and that it is central to the gospel, but that many local churches ignore grace and instead seek to exterminate immorality. What's So Amazing About Grace? includes Bible stories, anecdotes from Yancey's life, accounts of historical events and other stories. These include a modern retelling of the Parable of the Prodigal Son, an account of Yancey's friendship with Mel White who came out as homosexual, a comparison of the teachings of early Christians Pelagius and Augustine of Hippo, and a summary of Karen Blixen's short story "Babette's Feast".
“Grace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them.”
Philip Yancey book What's So Amazing About Grace?
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“I would far rather convey grace than explain it.”
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“God loves people because of who God is, not because of who we are.”
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“Grace is free only because the giver himself has borne the cost.”
Philip Yancey book What's So Amazing About Grace?
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