The Truth About Grace: Spirit-Empowered Perspectives

by Vinson Synan

Overview

Often the modern grace message gives people a license to disregard the clear moral teachings of Jesus and the apostles. Churches around the globe teach a lawless grace and direct many to make choices of convenience and compromise. Consequently Christianity loses public credibility as so-called leaders of faith fall into adultery, child abuse, alcoholism, financial corruption, and many other sins. This is the great crisis of the twenty-first-century church, and respected theologian Vinson Synan says it’s time to bring it to light.

Featuring perspectives of leaders from a range of cultural, pastoral, and theological backgrounds, The Truth About Grace opens the discussion to more than a dozen scholarly contributors, tackling topics such as grace and the security of the believer; grace versus works; and tongues as a manifestation of grace. Synan brings you the key voices on this hot topic, from hyper-grace critic Michael Brown to Singaporean pastor Joseph Prince, whom some consider a leading voice in the hyper-grace movement. The Truth About Grace will help you discern the unbiblical excesses in the modern grace message while growing in understanding of the true nature and purpose of grace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781629995052
Publisher:	Charisma Media
Publication date:	04/03/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	769 KB

About the Author

Vinson Synan, PhD, is interim dean of the Oral Roberts College of Theology and Missions and the former dean of the School of Divinity at Regent University. Before that he served as a pastor and the general secretary of the Pentecostal Holiness denomination and as a national leader of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement in North America. Synan has produced nineteen works as the premier historian of the Pentecostal-Charismatic movement.

Table of Contents

Foreword William M. Wilson xi

Preface xiii

Introduction: From Graceless Law to Lawless Grace Vinson Synan 1

Chapter 1 Jack Hayford, the Security of the Believer, and the Need for Pentecostal Pastor-Theologians S. David Moore 7

Chapter 2 Are All Our Sins-Past, Present, and Future-Already Forgiven in Jesus? Michael L. Brown 21

Chapter 3 The Hyper-Grace Gospel Trevor Grizzle 31

Chapter 4 John Wesley's Fuller Understanding of Grace Henry H. Knight III 48

Chapter 5 The Grace Revolution and Person-Centered Therapy: A Comparative Analysis From a Pastoral Care Perspective Thomson K. Mathew 58

Chapter 6 Reformed Theology and Grace in Newfrontiers Churches William K. Kay 71

Chapter 7 A Spirit of Unity and Grace: Learning from the Assemblies of God Ireland Miriam (Mimi) A. Kelly 82

Chapter 8 Grace, Sanctification, and Italian Pentecostalism Paolo Mauriello 94

Chapter 9 Manifestations of Grace; A Latin American Witness Miguel Álvarez 107

Chapter 10 Still and Still Moving: Grace in the Anglican Tradition Andy Lord 123

Chapter 11 Law and Grace as Partners: An Examination of Reformed Theology Mark Jumper 141

Chapter 12 Evidence of Grace in the Old Testament Mark E. Roberts 153

Chapter 13 Grace and Works-A Johannine Perspective John Christopher Thomas 166

Chapter 14 Grace and Spirit Baptism Scott T. Kelso 184

Chapter 15 Glossolalia and Groaning: A Manifestation of God's Grace Mark R. Hall 199

Chapter 16 Going Beyond the Debate on Grace: Learning From a South Asian Tradition Brainerd Prince 210

Chapter 17 Beware of Counterfeit Grace Joseph Prince 225

Notes 241