Synopsis
The future of Christianity depends on how we master the art of understanding and giving grace. At the end of the twentieth century, Philip Yancey wrote his classic bestseller What's So Amazing About Grace as a testament to the power of God's grace and as a rallying cry to the Christian church to see the acting out of grace as its single most important contribution to the world. Now, in this 6-session, video Bible study (participant's guide sold separately), Yancey reexamines--with fresh material and new stories--the scandalous power of grace so that groups and individuals can reflect upon, share, and extend this amazing gift of Christ in new and transformative ways. In this study, you'll discover: The extent of God's love and what it means for us. Why the church seems to have lost the gift of grace-giving and why the world apart from the church can't offer it at all. What it would look like for us to truly understand, receive, and give the gift that God gives so generously to us. Yancey offers compelling and true portraits of grace's life-changing power. He searches for its presence in his own life and in the church. He asks how Christians today can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all they hold dear. And he challenges each of us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know, "what's so amazing about grace" Sessions include: No Strings Attached (16:30) An Unnatural Act (16:00) The Art of Forgiving (17:30) Grace Out to the Test (19:30) Grace Abuse (17:30) Dispensing Grace (19:00) Designed for use with the What's So Amazing About Grace Participant's Guide, Revised and Updated (sold separately). Streaming video access code included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by law. Additional offer details inside., In this six-session revised and updated video Bible study, bestselling author Philip Yancey explores the concept of grace --the one thing the world cannot duplicate and the one thing it craves above all else--and explores what it looks like in action. He also examines how Christians, as the sole dispensers, are doing at lavishing the grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy. As Yancey explains, true grace is shocking and scandalous, for God does not excuse sin but always treasures the sinner. God always extends his grace to individuals regardless of what they have done--for no one is unforgiveable in his eyes. Grace thus shakes our conventions with its insistence on getting close to sinners and touching them with mercy and hope. It forgives the unfaithful spouse, the racist, the child abuser. It loves today's AIDS-ridden addict as much as the tax collector of Jesus' day. Yancey offers compelling and true portraits of grace's life-changing power. He searches for its presence in his own life and in the church. He asks how Christians today can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all they hold dear. And he challenges each of us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know, "what's so amazing about grace." Sessions include: No Strings Attached (16:30) An Unnatural Act (16:00) The Art of Forgiving (17:30) Grace Out to the Test (19:30) Grace Abuse (17:30) Dispensing Grace (19:00) Designed for use with the What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide, Revised and Updated (sold separately)., In this revised and updated six-session video Bible study, bestselling author Philip Yancey helps group members explore, understand, and appreciate the most powerful force in the universe: grace., In this six-session revised and updated video Bible study, bestselling author Philip Yancey explores the concept of grace--the one thing the world cannot duplicate and the one thing it craves above all else--and explores what it looks like in action. He also examines how Christians, as the sole dispensers, are doing at lavishing the grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy. As Yancey explains, true grace is shocking and scandalous, for God does not excuse sin but always treasures the sinner. God always extends his grace to individuals regardless of what they have done--for no one is unforgiveable in his eyes. Grace thus shakes our conventions with its insistence on getting close to sinners and touching them with mercy and hope. It forgives the unfaithful spouse, the racist, the child abuser. It loves today's AIDS-ridden addict as much as the tax collector of Jesus' day. Yancey offers compelling and true portraits of grace's life-changing power. He searches for its presence in his own life and in the church. He asks how Christians today can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all they hold dear. And he challenges each of us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know, "what's so amazing about grace." Sessions include: No Strings Attached (16:30) An Unnatural Act (16:00) The Art of Forgiving (17:30) Grace Out to the Test (19:30) Grace Abuse (17:30) Dispensing Grace (19:00) Designed for use with the What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide, Revised and Updated (sold separately).
