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On the heels of Philip Yancey's bestselling 'The Jesus I Never Knew' comes his equally insightful exploration of grace, the most powerful force in the universe and our only hope for love and forgiveness. Now available in softcover. Winner of the Gold Medallion Book Award, the Christian Book of... read more
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It's one thing to talk about grace; it s another to taste its power. This DVD & matching study guide takes you and your study group for interactive, gut-level encounters with radical, life-changing grace. Through candid video interviews, Philip Yancey integrates true-life faces and... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Paul: Add a description of this character.
- Babette
- Mel White
- Big Harold
- Peter
- Bill Clinton
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Will Campbell
- Dahmer
- Mother Teresa
- Joseph
- Margaret
- Rebecca
- Michael
- Koop
- Daisy
- Wilson
- Jonathan Daniels
- William
- Hitler
- Augustine
- John
- Martin Luther
- Julianne
- Martine
- Philippa
- Grace
- Dobson
- Karl Barth
- Sarah
- Jean Valjean
- S. Lewis
- Jessye Norman
- Tom
- Hosea
- Tony Campolo
- Billy Graham
- Solzhenitsyn
- Tolstoy
- Randall Terry
Setting & Locations edit
- United States
- Russia
- South Africa
- America
- East Germany
- China
- Israel
- Yugoslavia
- Japan
- White House
- Rome
- Washington
- Chicago
- Atlanta
- India
- London
- Traverse City
- Detroit
- Paris
- Jerusalem
- Rwanda
- Michigan
- Poland
- Holocaust
- Gospels
- Alabama
- Boston
- England
- Middle East
- Most Holy Place
- Soviet Union
- France
First Sentence edit
I told a story in my book The Jesus I Never Knew, a true story that long afterward continued to haunt me.
Table of Contents edit
Acknowledgments
1. The Last Best Word
Part I: How Sweet the Sound
2. Babette's Feast: A Story
3. A World Without Grace
4. Lovesick Father
5. The New Math of Grace
Part II: Breaking the Cycle of Ungrace
6. Unbroken Chain: A Story
7. An Unnatural Act
8. Why Forgive?
9. Getting Even
10. The Arsenal of Grace
Part III: Scent of Scandal
11. A Home for Bastards: A Story
12. No Oddballs Allowed
13. Grace-Healed Eyes
14. Loopholes
15. Grace Avoidance
Part IV: Grace Notes for a Deaf World
16. Big Harold: A Story
17. Mixed Aroma
18. Serpent Wisdom
19. Patches of Green
20. Gravity and Grace
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About the Author
Authors & Contributors edit
- Philip Yancey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Zondervan
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0310213274
Page Count: 292
Publisher: Zondervan
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0310213274
Page Count: 292
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: BT761.2 .Y35 1997
- Dewey: 234
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