The Reign of Grace The Delignts and Demands of God's Love

by Smith, Scotty

• ISBN13: 9781582292861
• ISBN10: 1582292868
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Howard Books

Summary

With breakthrough understanding, this book reconciles the disconnect between God's faithfulness to Christians and their unfaithfulness to Him. Scotty Smith, pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin, Tennessee, a high-profile congregation known for its ties to the Nashville music community, challenges readers humbly and honestly to consider what it means to be stewards of God's grace -- to live a life of obedience and service in response to His wonderful love.

Author Biography

Scotty Smith serves as senior pastor of Christ Community Church in Franklin Tennessee, a church that he and five other couples planted and which now has more than 4,000 members. Scotty is the author of the bestseller, Objects of His Affection, and has coauthored Speechless with Steven Curtis Chapman, and Unveiled Hope with Michael Card. He and his wife, Darlene, have been married twenty-seven years and have two children, Scott and Kristin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction	1	(4)
The Implications of Grace	5	(16)
How Have You Loved Me?	21	(12)
Finding Face---Gaining Heart	33	(14)
Shalomed by Grace---the Goal of Healing	47	(12)
The King Takes a Bride	59	(38)
Further Up and Further In: Our Big Fat Wedding to Jesus: A Study of a Jewish Wedding	73	(24)
Marriage in the Four Phases of Redemptive History: A Progressive Unfolding	82	(15)
The Grace of God's Discipline	97	(30)
Further Up and Further In: A Harvest of Holiness and Peace: Hebrews 12	107	(20)
The Gift of Desert Thirst: Hosea	117	(10)
Freedom for Idolators and Addicts---Like Me	127	(42)
Further Up and Further In: One-of-a-Kind Love Affair: Ezekiel 16	142	(27)
The Gospel Way of Dismantling Our Idols: Galatians	155	(14)
Grace-Full Worship	169	(38)
Further Up and Further In: Door-Shutting Worship: Philippians	183	(24)
The Continuums of Worship: The Tension and Balance of Loving God Well	191	(12)
The Triads of Worship: Tri-Perspective Models of Our Most Glorious Calling	203	(4)
Graced Sexuality	207	(28)
Further Up and Further In: Sex and the City: 1 Thessalonians	221	(14)
The Witness of Relationships	235	(24)
Further Up and Further In: The Church As Magnetic Matrimony: More on Ephesians 5:25--33	249	(10)
Romantic Generosity	259	(26)
Further Up and Further In: Thanks---Living and Giving: 2 Corinthians 9	273	(12)
Finding Your Place in the Reign of Grace	285	(16)
Questions for Discussion and Reflection	301	(8)
Notes	309