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Bad News Religion
By: Greg AlbrechteBook Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: Thomas Nelson
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From any non-Christian point of view, the gospel does not make sense. Grace doesn't make sense. Grace doesn't add up. Why would Jesus come to be one of us, to pay a debt He did not owe, because we owed a debt we could not pay? Why would He do that? Free? No strings? What was in it for Him? Since the church first began, Christians have had trouble accepting God's grace. We have substituted holiness, discipleship, order, regulation, and a long list of things to avoid in place of God's free gift. The result is a "Bad News Religion" that drains the joy and life out of believers.
Bad News Religion is a convicting, liberating exploration of how we, in the name of religion, have shifted the focus from the work of God to our ability to become
worthy of salvation. The result is bondage and defeat. The key to success in the Christian life is not what we do, but who we know. Knowing God and knowing the fullness of His grace is a liberating experience. Most of us don't realize how we have robbed ourselves of experiencing the richness of God's grace.
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| Title of Religion eBook: Bad News Religion | |
| Release Date: 07-12-2004 | |
| Publisher: Thomas Nelson |
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| Parent title | Bad News Religion |
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| SKU | 9781418579371 |
| File size | 512 |
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Bad News Religion
Chapter One
From There to Eternity"I went looking for spirit and found alcohol; I went looking for soul, and I bought some style; I wanted to meet God, but they sold me religion." -U-2's Bono, quoted in Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U-2, Steve Stokman
Life often happens to us while we are doing something else. It happens while we are busy working, raising a family, paying the bills, and getting old. Then one day we stop to catch our breath, and we start asking some questions. Why am I in such a big rush to get where I am going? And, for that matter, where exactly am I going? Why do I think, believe and behave the way I do? Why was I born? Is there really any purpose in my life? A movie and song from my youth pleads, What's It All About, Alfie? One of the important Alfies of my life was a man named Alexander. Alexander arrived in the port of Galveston, Texas in the early years of the 20th century. He was a teenager, running away from religious hatred and war. Alex came to America as a refugee, and he didn't want anything to do with what he had left behind. He saw the past as better forgotten than remembered.
Alex found his way north, through Texas and Oklahoma, eventually settling down in Herington, Kansas. He married and with his wife Martha had twelve children. Alex and Martha were proud that their children and grandchildren were citizens, by birth, of a new and free country. One of their children was named Alice-Alice was my mother.
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