The Grace and Truth Paradox: Responding with Christlike Balance

Christians trying to model their lives after Jesus may find that He gets buried under lists, rules, and formulas. Now bestselling author Randy Alcorn offers a simple two-point checklist for Christlikeness based on John 1:14. The test consists of balancing grace and truth, equally and unapologetically. Grace without truth deceives people, and ceases to be grace. Truth without grace crushes people, and ceases to be truth. Alcorn shows the reader how to show the world Jesus -- offering grace instead of the world's apathy and tolerance, offering truth instead of the world's relativism and deception.

Grace or Truth…or Both?

Truth without grace breeds self-righteousness and crushing legalism.

Grace without truth breeds deception and moral compromise.

Is it possible to embrace both in balance?

Jesus did.

Randy Alcorn offers a simple yet profound two-point checklist of Christlikeness. “In the end,” says Alcorn, “we don’t need grace or truth. We need grace and truth. And for people to see Jesus in us, they must see both.”

• Mere Apologetics: How to Help Seekers and Skeptics Find Faith
• Am I Really a Christian? (9marks)
• Atheism Remix: A Christian Confronts the New Atheists
• Truth: A Bigger View of God's Word
• Happiness
• Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience, Common Core Edition
• Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know
• Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology Plus Mastering A&P with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (7th Edition) (New A&P Titles by Ric Martini and Judi Nath)
• The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving (LifeChange Books)
• Money, Possessions, and Eternity