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Beginning July 27 for All Adults in the Worship Center

What So Amazing About Grace? By Philip Yancey

Grace is the church’s great distinctive. It’s the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world.

In this DVD Series award-winning author Philip Yancey explores grace at street level. Sessions include:  God’s Love for the Undeserving, Extending Grace When You’ve Been Wronged, Responding With Grace When It Seems Impossible, Grace in the Face of Disagreement, How Legalism Corrupts Grace, Dispensing Grace: How Can We Do It?

Yancey offers compelling, true portraits of grace’s life-changing power. He searches for its presence in his own life and in the church. He challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know What’s So Amazing About Grace?

About the Author:
As a child Philip Yancey attended a toxic church that preached racism, emphasized law instead of grace and was more passionate about condemnation than compassion. Due to this experience, Philip became an admittedly “angry, wounded person” who rejected the church and even discarded his faith for a season. Eventually, after Philip encountered “a world that was quite different than (he) had been taught about; a world of beauty and goodness” he began to journey back towards his faith.

In a very real sense, Philip’s books provide an intimate account of this spiritual journey. In his earlier books, such as Disappointment with God and Where is God When it Hurts he attempts to answer some of the deep questions that threatened to derail his faith. Similarly, with The Jesus I Never Knew and What’s So Amazing About Grace he provides an insightful, penetrating perspective on the heart of the Christian faith. These books enable readers explore their questions about the faith and ponder the heart of the faith in a creative way, so that they might find the strength to continue upon the journey.

We are pleased to have Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus, speak in our service on Sunday, August 17 at 10:30 a.m.

For additional information about Moishe, check out www.jfjonline.org/branches/staff/moishe/moishe.htm

The Life You’ve Always Wanted with John Ortberg

The study is designed to equip us with the skills essential to “running the marathon” in the Christian life. The material is biblically-based and highly practical.

Sessions include:

· It’s “Morphing” Time

· Slowing Down and Celebrating

· Praying and Confessing

· Meditating on Scripture and Seeking Guidance

· Practicing Servanthood, Finding Freedom

· Going the Distance with a Well-Ordered Heart

Please bring your favorite side dish to share. Main course and dessert will be provided.