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If you've wondered what about the difference between your role and God's role in your spiritual formation, this book will show you how to rest in Christ while pursuing a life of holiness.
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The Discipline of Grace offers a clear and and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to be a believer.
Written by Navigator author Jerry Bridges, this book explores how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ. In learning more about grace, you also will learn about God's character, His forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.
The Discipline of Grace
ISBN-13:
9781576839898
Trim Size: 5.5 x 8.25
Cover: Paperback
256
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$14.99
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Biblical balance between legalism and license
This book is essentially a followup to two of Jerry Bridges' earlier books. Transforming Grace focused on God's grace in our salvation and sanctification, The Pursuit of Holiness focused on our role in sanctification. The Discipline of Grace brings the two together beautifully.
Once again, Dr. Bridges has achieved what so many writers and teachers struggle to do: he's expressed the biblical balance between legalism and license simply and lucidly. He clearly shows how fundamental the gospel and our union with Christ are to our day to day lives. The Discipline of Grace is a book I'll return to again and again for encouragement and clarity, and one I'll be enthusiastically recommending to family and friends.
Thank you to Navpress for the review copy of this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
Posted by
Kara
on
4/26/2011 10:05:39 AM
Preach the Gospel to yourself daily...
It has taken me awhile to get through The Discipline of Grace by Jerry Bridges. Not because it isn't any good. But because I had to stop and ponder. And stop and ponder some more.
The description of the book includes the sentence: "The Discipline of Grace offers a clear and and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to be a believer." That really does sum it up.
Early in the book, Bridges talks about how we (as believers) tend to create a little timeline -- separated by salvation -- where the gospel is the most important thing Before Salvation, and the message of discipleship is the most important thing After Salvation.
Bridges argues that the gospel message is the most important one all along, and that believers need to preach the gospel to themselves every single day. Every. Single. Day. As a result, one thing that I started working on as a result of reading this book is to memorize Romans 3:19-26.
Great book.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
Posted by
Debra
on
3/27/2011 9:28:02 PM
The Discipline of Grace
This book builds on the author’s earlier work, “The Pursuit of Holiness” by pointing out the role of God’s grace in the pursuit of the holiness of the believer. The main message of the first few chapters is how we need to realize that God’s grace doesn’t just save us through faith in Christ, but that it continues to work in our lives after salvation. The last few chapters go more into how this is lived out in our daily lives.
The message that I took away from this book was the idea that Christians should continue to “preach the gospel” to themselves every day. I thought this was a great thought and something that I need to work on in my life. We should never forget the sacrifice of Christ that gives us salvation and eternal life with Him. Our relationship with God isn’t based on whether we are having a good day or a bad day or how we feel – it is based on what Christ did for us through His grace.
That was what I took away most from this book, and that was really just in the first few chapters! I have to say that after that, I got a little bogged down in the rest of the book. I think this book would be a great study to do with a group. Since I read it by myself, it was hard to grasp all of the points that were made. I think I would have to go back and study it again to really get more out of it. I also was not crazy about the fact that in the last part of the book, the author quoted (a LOT) from Puritan theologians rather than just quoting Scripture. I am sure the Puritans have a lot of knowledge to give, but I prefer to back those ideas up with Scripture as well.
Overall this book was well-written and inspiring.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as
part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The
opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal
Trade Commision's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and
Testimonials in Advertising."
Posted by
Shoopette
on
3/12/2011 11:22:46 AM
encouraging!
“Your worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God’s grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God’s grace”
After I read this quote written on the back of this book, I knew this was a book to be read. I was not disappointed.
As I walk through my life in Christ, I realize that there are ups and downs…good days and bad days. I see my self-centered tendency to rejoice in my own goodness on my good days and to be so discouraged because on my bad days I feel that I’m such an “incompetent fool” how could Christ ever love me? This book caused me to look beyond myself and see how God’s grace covers both good and bad days and how God’s grace prompts us to pursue holiness. He starts by showing us the problem in our life…namely sin. Then he teaches how to apply the gospel in our everyday life. He gives a plea to preach the gospel to ourselves every day. Then from that platform…Christ, gospel, grace, future hope…he shows five ways of disciplining ourselves in our pursuit of holiness: The Discipline of Commitment, Conviction, Choices, Watching and Adversity. This book is Biblical, encouraging, and Christ centered. I highly recommend it.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Posted by
Dianna
on
1/12/2011 4:47:33 PM
Where Holiness and Grace Meet
Jerry Bridges is one of the best Christian authors on topics of personal growth. His “I’m-not-there-yet” honesty is genuine and human, and The Discipline of Grace is a clear summary of all he has written before. Based specifically off of his Pursuit of Holiness (1978) and Transforming Grace (1991), Discipline (1994) discusses how God’s grace and man’s responsibility (what many deem to be an incongruous match) clearly merge into the only method of attaining Christlike holiness. Bridges expertly counters the various arguments many have against grace (i.e. the supposed freedom-to-sin argument, etc.) and against works (i.e. legalism, Pharisaical idealism, works salvation, etc.), and identifies clear teachings from Scripture on the unity of divine grace and personal discipline. By opening his book with the arguments and foundational steps and closing his final chapters with five specific disciplines (commitment, convictions, choices, watching and adversity), Bridges identifies key principles necessary in the pursuit of Christ-likeness, all the while acknowledging the hard work it will take to get there. The Discipline of Grace is an excellent tool for Sunday School or Bible study, though, while essential and foundational for all believers, it may be rather deep for young or otherwise new believers (specifically Chapter 4: “Disciplined by Grace”).
[Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from NavPress Publishers as part of their Blogger Review Program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commision's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."]
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Posted by
Elliot
on
1/4/2011 6:35:22 AM
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