Recently our friend Jason Casey sent us the book TrueFaced, by Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol and John Lynch. It has great thoughts on grace, forgiveness, and the struggle of pleasing God vs. trusting Him. A few quotes from TrueFaced:
"We will never please God through our efforts to become godly. Rather, we will only please God--and become godly--when we trust God."
"If a relationship or community lacks grace, that relationship or community is low on trust."
"Who am I? I am a person already deeply pleasing to God."
"How I view myself is the most revealing commentary of my theology."
"God's ultimate goal is maturing us into who he says we are, and then releasing us into the dreams he designed for us before the world began."
"Forgiveness produces results so far out of our normal experience that it feels mysterious. Forgiveness brings alienated enemies together again. People who hated each other. People who do whatever they can never to see or talk to each other again....When people forgive, their hearts are woven together in love. This is mysterious stuff."
Monday, June 29, 2009
Bookshelf: TrueFaced
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I had heard about that book too from jason's blog. Is it good? You are great at recommending books! Thanks!
hey cuz...we've been using True-faced for several years in our missionary training and it's provided lots of opportunities for people to open up and share. i'm always aware of the masks that i prefer to leave on instead of take off...
:-)
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