ReGrace: What the Shocking Beliefs of the Great Christians Can Teach Us Today

by Frank Viola

Overview

The church is tired of seeing Christians act ungraciously toward one another when they disagree. Social media has added to the carnage. Christians routinely block each other on Facebook because of doctrinal disagreements. The world watches the blood-letting, and the Christian witness is tarnished.

But what if every Christian discovered that their favorite teacher in church history had blind spots and held to some false--and even shocking--views?

Bestselling author Frank Viola argues that this simple awareness will soften Christians when they interact with each other in the face of theological disagreements. In ReGrace, he uncovers some of the shocking beliefs held by faith giants like C.S. Lewis, Luther, Calvin, Moody, Spurgeon, Wesley, Graham, and Augustine--not to downgrade or dismiss them, but to show that even "the greats" in church history didn't get everything right. Knowing that the heroes of our faith sometimes got it wrong will empower us to treat our fellow Christians with grace rather than disdain whenever we disagree over theology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493416370
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/05/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Frank Viola has helped thousands of people around the world to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and enter into a more vibrant and authentic experience of church. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus know their Lord more deeply so they can experience real transformation and make a lasting impact. Viola has written many books on these themes, including Insurgence, God's Favorite Place on Earth, From Eternity to Here, and Jesus Manifesto (with Leonard Sweet). His blog, frankviola.org, is rated as one of the most popular in Christian circles today.

Table of Contents

1 Why This Book? 13

2 Tis Humor 21

3 We Know in Part 23

4 Honoring Those with Whom You Disagree 27

5 It's Not a Bloodsport 31

6 The Shocking Beliefs of C. S. Lewis 35

7 The Shocking Beliefs of Jonathan Edwards 43

8 The Shocking Beliefs of Martin Luther 53

9 The Shocking Beliefs of John Calvin 69

10 The Shocking Beliefs of Augustine 81

11 The Shocking Beliefs of John Wesley 97

12 The Shocking Beliefs of Charles Spurgeon 103

13 The Shocking Beliefs of D.L Moody 115

14 Seven Shocking Statements by Billy Graham 125

15 The New Tolerance 131

16 Yon Just Might Be a Pharisee If … 133

17 Twenty Reasons Why the Christian Right and the Christian Left Won't Adopt Me 139

18 So You Think You Disagree? 147

19 The Art of Being a Jerk Online 153

20 Warning: The World is Watching How We Christians Treat One Another 159

21 Misrepresentations 167

22 Possessing a Mind to Suffer 171

23 The Essentials of Our Faith 173

24 Who Are the Real Heretics? 181

25 They Are Our Teachers 191

Acknowledgments 195

Notes: A Word to Scholars 197