Amazed by Grace

by VARIOUS

• ISBN13: 9780849918070
• ISBN10: 0849918073
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-12-11
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Grace is the true message of Jesus. All faiths have virtues and creeds and justice and truth, but Jesus speaks of simply accepting not trying to earn, the unconditional love that God has for us.This collection of thoughts on grace from writers throughout history underscores the fact that it is grace through Christ that truly sets apart the Christian faith. Through six thematic divisions readers will gain a deeper understanding of the sweetness, sufficiency, and transforming power of grace-not only when received from God but also when extended to others.Reflections from:Max Lucado Philip Yancey Charles Spurgeon Francis of Assisi Brennan Manning Emily Dickinson Dietrich Bonhoeffer Stormie Omartian and more...

Table of Contents

HOW SWEET THE SOUND
Grace Greater Than Our Sin	3	(1)
Julia H. Johnston
Grace, Enough for Me	4	(1)
Edwin O. Excell
Grace, 'Tis a Charming Sound	5	(2)
Philip Doddridge
Augustus M. Toplady
Grace Is Always a Surprise	7	(1)
Stormie Omartian
Victors	8	(1)
Donald McCullough
Growing in Grace	9	(2)
Hannah Whitall Smith
Amazing Grace	11	(2)
John Newton
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11--32)	13	(2)
Amazed by Grace	15	(2)
James Montgomery Boice
His Grace Is Sufficient for Me	17	(1)
Leila N. Morris
Call It Grace	18	(1)
Max Lucado
Grace	19	(2)
Kathleen Norris
Saved by Grace	21	(2)
Karl Barth
Humble Beginnings	23	(1)
Brian D. McLaren
From Sin Set Free	24	(1)
Amy Carmichael
Grace Communicated	25	(1)
Jonathan Edwards
The Motivation of God's Salvation	26	(1)
Charles Stanley
Righteous Grace	27	(4)
Horatius Bonar
It Is Well with My Soul	31	(2)
Horatio Spafford
Too Good to Be True	33	(1)
Madeleine L'Engle
Ungracious Grace	34	(1)
G. K. Chesterton
The Day That I Was Crowned	35	(4)
Emily Dickinson
JESUS: THE PERSON OF GRACE
He Became Flesh	39	(1)
Max Lucado
He Is Grace Indeed	40	(1)
John Bunyan
Must Be a Woe	41	(1)
Emily Dickinson
Grace Is Jesus	42	(2)
Barbara Johnson
Look to Christ	44	(1)
Robert Murray M'Cheyne
How Sweet the Name	45	(2)
John Newton
And God Became Man	47	(2)
Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
Alas and Did My Savior Bleed	49	(2)
Isaac Watts
The Woman Caught in Adultery (John 8:2--11)	51	(1)
A Violent Grace	52	(2)
Michael Card
Clothed in His Righteousness	54	(1)
John Calvin
A Sinful Woman Forgiven (Luke 7:36--50)	55	(2)
His Mercy and Love	57	(1)
Charles Dickens
Quick-Eyed Love	58	(1)
George Herbert
I Came for the Sick (Matthew 9:9--13)	59	(1)
Christ Our Mediator	60	(4)
John Owen
Christ and the Pagan	64	(5)
John Bannister Tabb
BY GRACE ALONE
Dependent on Grace	69	(1)
Susanna Wesley
Nothing but the Blood	70	(2)
Robert Lowry
Striving Less	72	(2)
Cynthia Heald
Free Grace	74	(3)
J. I. Packer
Give Up and Wake Up	77	(2)
Nicole Johnson
The Hospital	79	(2)
Charles Spurgeon
Alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:4--10, 19--22)	81	(1)
A View of Grace	82	(1)
Daniel Defoe
Rock of Ages	83	(2)
Augustus M. Toplady
Relying on God's Grace	85	(1)
R. C. Sproul
Generous Grace	86	(3)
Bryan Chapell
The Seal of Grace	89	(2)
Michael Green
The Fountain of Grace	91	(2)
Dwight L. Moody
The Mover A Puritan Prayer	93	(2)
Clothed with Christ	95	(2)
Max Lucado
By Grace Through Faith	97	(3)
Charles Spurgeon
Out of the Depths	100	(5)
Martin Luther
SUFFICIENT GRACE
Grace Enough	105	(1)
George MacDonald
Come to the Throne of Grace	106	(2)
Cynthia Heald
Grace Active A Puritan Prayer	108	(2)
Timely and Needed Help	110	(5)
F. B. Meyer
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need	115	(2)
Isaac Watts
In Boldness I Come	117	(1)
John Chrysostom
From Every Stormy Wind	118	(2)
Hugh Stowell
Grace upon Grace	120	(1)
Max Lucado
There's a Wideness in God's Mercy	121	(2)
Frederick William Faber
Restraining Grace	123	(2)
Samuel Rutherford
A Hymn to God the Father	125	(1)
John Donne
Grace for Living	126	(5)
Dwight L. Moody
Do Thou for Me	131	(2)
Amy Carmichael
The Death of Sin (Romans 6:8--11, 14; 11:6)	133	(1)
Approach, My Soul, the Mercy Seat	134	(2)
John Newton
But for the Grace of God	136	(2)
Martin Luther
He Giveth More Grace	138	(3)
Annie Johnson Flint
GRACE THAT TRANSFORMS
The Grace Which Costs	141	(3)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Will God Forgive What I'm About to Do?	144	(4)
Philip Yancey
Grace Reigning	148	(1)
Scotty Smith
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing	149	(2)
Robert Robinson
The Most Amazing Grace	151	(3)
Os Guinness
Leave Your Life of Sin	154	(3)
James Montgomery Boice
The Grace of Wonder	157	(4)
Brennan Manning
Manifold Grace	161	(1)
Amy Carmichael
All of Grace	162	(3)
Os Guinness
Appreciating God's Grace	165	(2)
Thomas a Kempis
Effective Grace (Ephesians 3:1--12)	167	(1)
The Covenant of Grace	168	(5)
Andrew Murray
Blessed Assurance	173	(1)
Martin Luther
Grace for Service	174	(2)
Dwight L. Moody
Galilean Grace	176	(2)
Max Lucado
A Drop of Grace	178	(2)
John Tauler
A Holy Sonnet	180	(1)
John Donne
Further Up and Further In	181	(2)
C. S. Lewis
The Reign of Grace	183	(4)
Scotty Smith
INSTRUMENTS OF GRACE
Beggars in Need of Bread	187	(1)
Max Lucado
Five Polluted Words	188	(5)
Philip Yancey
A Prayer for Grace	193	(1)
Jane Austen
The Law of Love	194	(2)
Cynthia Heald
The Temper	196	(2)
George Herbert
Love Your Enemies (Matthew 5:38--48)	198	(1)
Responding to Grace	199	(3)
Brennan Manning
How the Great Guest Came	202	(3)
Edwin Markham
The Divine Nature of Grace	205	(3)
Thomas a Kempis
Dispatch from the Culture Wars	208	(3)
Philip Yancey
Abounding Grace for Abounding Work	211	(3)
Andrew Murray
Grace to Others	214	(2)
Jerry Bridges
Grace at Work	216	(4)
Charles Spurgeon
The Potter and the Clay	220	(3)
George Whitefield
Make Me an Instrument	223	(2)
Francis of Assisi
Notes	225	(2)
Acknowledgments	227