Grace

by Lewis Sperry Chafer

Book Overview

THROUGH false emphasis by many religious leaders, Christianity has become in the estimation of a large part of the public no more than an ethical system. The revealed fact, however, is that the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310223318
• ISBN13: 9780310223313
• Release Date: January 1950
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Grace, God's Marvelous Gift

In my opinion this is by far the most comprehensive work written about God's Grace. I highly recommend it to the few of the Believers today that insist on rightly dividing the Word of Truth (2 Tim 2:15). The author clearly spells out the differences between the Church and Israel, Law and Grace. This book should be a companion to every open Bible.

What I thought I knew but didn't

This book expounds upon a theme familiar to many but truly known by few. Reading this will put you in a position for God's grace to be released in your life.

Grace: Chafer's Theological Thread

This book was a life-changing read for me. Chafer's exposition of grace displays probably the clearest exposition of a classic presentation of dispensationalism and its position on the difference between law and grace. It presents lines of discontinuity in the drastic way it is needed in today's church. Law is not Grace - Grace is not Law, to confuse the two is tragic. Beyond anything, Chafer makes sure we understand how foolish and dangerous it is to infuse and confuse law with grace and confuse the two. Luther clearly saw this great discontinuity in the bible between law/grace (more so than the Reformed churches), truly bringing freedom to the person dead in sin. This is not to imply that Luther was dispensational, clearly not so, its just that both sides see a clear contrast in the law/grace economies. I could comment on all the distinctives Chafer applies from this system of discontinuity such as the Sermon on the Mount, the Sabbath, the Christian Life, etc. but I'll leave that to your reading. What is clear is that Chafer sees a drastic, drastic difference in these economies, sometimes I think a little too discontinuous. This is not to say Dr. Chafer is wrong, just that he seems to emphasize the differences to the extent that it misses the continuity between the dispensations and the progress of history and God's revelation. I think this is a bit problematic even though I am a dispensationalist and love Dr. Chafer's works very deeply. This has already been revised in expression and corrected in dispensational teaching (see Ryrie's 'Dispensationalism', Renald Shower's 'There Really is a Difference') for quite some time, but it is still important to know that it has been corrected. I think its very important to understand this since Christians from other views (primarily Covenant teachings) have given solid, solid critiques of the 'classical' understandings of Dispensationalism (as taught by Scofield, Chafer, Brookes, A.C. Gaebelein, etc.) and Dispensationalists have listened (please see the great dissertation by Todd Mangum titled 'The Dispensational-Covenantal Rift, 1936-1944'). Poythress is a high suggestion, also Hoekema's 'The Bible and the Future', and Hans K. LaRondelle's 'The Israel of God in Prophecy'. Please steer clear of foolish and error filled critiques such as John Gerstner's book, 'Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth' and many others. Though I am still a dispensationalist, these (former) works are important to help us to understand that both 'extremes' lead to an imbalanced perspective. When I say 'imbalanced' I mean that the Classic Disp. position tends to be almost dualistic in its thought of earthly/heavenly which is problematic and I do thank others for those kind of critiques. However, the other side (such a Covenant teachings, etc.) when very consistent upon emphasizing that everything is a spiritual shadow, type, etc. seems to err on the side of a metaphysical problem in the Christian faith. Clearly we don't want that

Grace: An Exposition of God's Marvelous Gift

This is the best book ever written on God's Grace. If you want to have a thorough understanding of God's Grace, than this is a must read for you!

A MUST READ for all true Christians

No one has taken on the Biblical theme of God's infinite GRACE extended to mankind through the Person and work of Jesus Christ, as revealed in the Bible, like Chafer. He has skillfully exposed the simplicity and, at the same time, the depth of this glorious, Biblical theme. This is a book which will cause the reader to spend much more time THINKING about its contents than actually reading. But what a pleasure for the reader!