What Grace Is: Meditations on the Mercy of Our God

by Craig A. Evans

Overview

Meditations on grace from a biblical scholarGrace is not limited to God. If one of God's characteristics is grace, it should be one of ours also.Grace runs throughout Christian Scripture, from Genesis to Revelation. But as we read the Bible, we might miss the depth of what grace truly is and what it means for us.In What Grace Is, biblical scholar Craig A. Evans invites us to look at grace throughout the Bible, going deep in examples from the book of Genesis and the Gospel of Luke. Bringing together biblical insight and personal wisdom, this short book will give readers a new appreciation for grace in action—acts of kindness and mercy exemplifying the kind of grace that can only be described as divine. We live in an angry and fractured world that desperately needs more of this grace. What Grace Is encourages us to meditate on the divine grace we have received and extend that same grace to others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683596370
Publisher:	Lexham Press
Publication date:	11/02/2022
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.12(w) x 7.09(h) x 0.63(d)

About the Author

Craig A. Evans is the John Bisagno Distinguished Professor of Christian Origins in the School of Christian Thought of Houston Baptist University. He has published ninety books, spoken at conferences and universities around the world, and appeared in several television documentaries and news programs.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

Prologue 1

Chapter 1 God's Grace Is a Language 9

Chapter 2 God's Grace Is a Gift 29

Chapter 3 God's Grace Is Forgiveness 45

Chapter 4 God's Grace Is Mercy 65

Chapter 5 God's Grace Is Vast 83

Epilogue 107

Glossary of Extrabiblical Literature 109

Bibliography 115

Editorial Reviews

Craig Evans beautifully describes the thread of grace woven through Scripture. The tapestry he depicts celebrates the powerful restoration that grace-filled forgiveness creates. Not only are we to revel in this reality, but Evans challenges us to respond to an angry world as the Lord responds to us. Grace received becomes grace reciprocated. This timely book of meditations reminds us that God does not need perfect people to accomplish his restoration plan. He desires warriors of grace.

—Mark Yarbrough, president, Dallas Theological Seminary

Written in easily accessible prose, this book of meditations on divine grace highlights the less obvious ways that this theme permeates the whole of Scripture. God’s grace finds its intended recipients—the sinners Adam and Eve, the scoundrel Jacob, the mean brothers of Joseph, the barren Hannah, the widow Naomi, the idolatrous Israelites, the adulterer and murderer David, the prodigal son, and many more. Each chapter closes with reflections and study questions. There is no more learned resource for private devotional and group Bible study on grace in the Bible than this book by premier New Testament scholar, Craig Evans.

—Judith M. Gundry, research scholar, Yale University

This book is a gift! Evans brings his vast biblical knowledge to bear on the Bible’s most important theme: grace. From the story of creation, through the patriarchs, the history of Israel, the ministry of Jesus, and the age of the apostles, he traces the golden thread of God’s mercy, favor, and love. And he challenges Christians to embody that same grace towards others. Deep wisdom is found in this short book.

—Nijay K. Gupta, Northern Seminary

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