The Grace of God

It has been a while since I have left a review and my reviews have been growing further apart (due to my busy schedule!) but I had some down time this weekend and tired getting this book read as soon as possible which did not turn out to be hard. The Grace of God by Andy Stanley turned out to be a great read! The author of this book, Andy Stanley, is the pastor at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA which is a large church and the church my Aunt goes to. I have not been to this church and have only heard things about it and Andy so I was glad to get the chance to read this book.

The Grace of God is a book I will probably start to recommend. In the open pages the author tells us that grace is something that is not earned, and if you think you earned it you don't know what grace is, that grace is for everyone, and that grace is the factor that determines us as Christians. "Grace is not earned; it is offered." is how Andy illustrates grace. Through his clear and easy to follow examples of grace through the bible (using biblical characters) we can see grace like we have not before. This book is for the person that needs a better understanding of grace, how it applies to our lives, and how to use grace in our Christian lives.

The publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book or advanced reading copy through BookSneeze®.

Has God Spoken?

Hank HaneGraaff has written a very intellectual book on the evidence of God existing. From the very beginning he begins to write how every religion believes they are right in some way. He disproves common Mormon ideology and then he disproves common Muslim beliefs. I will have to do some research to see if the verses in their holy books that he used for examples were taken out of context or not, but still, how interesting that this is done in the first few pages. He then proceeds to quote president Obama and disproves what he says about what the bible teaches. These daring first steps are followed by interesting and intellectual context. The history throughout this book is put in a very readable way and it made it a fun read. I have already used what I have read in this book in discussions (not mentioning the resource in which I received the information until asked, that way the information seems to be prior knowledge and it adds to my intelligence, ha). I was interested to see how the author would taken factual items and findings and prove that not only is God real but the bible is truly the only real HOLY book.  The publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book or advanced reading copy through BookSneeze®