The Anatomy of Grace
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (754 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B002SG7OA8 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Terrific book!. Offering poignant and intelligent ideas for readers Midwest Book Review Life changes, so religion must change with it. "The Anatomy of Grace" is a collection of reflections from Peter W. Marty, a senior pastor of a Lutheran Church in the American Midwest about the changing nature of religion in this modern and rapidly changing age. Offering poignant and intelligent ideas for readers, he urges that the congregation should still be an important aspect of daily life. "The Anatomy of Grace" is current and wise, worth reading for religious readers.. August W. Mueller said The Anatomy of Grace by Peter Marty. This is an excellent book -- not a "theological" approach, but one for the "common" person.Marty writes a regular column in The Lutheran magazine, published by ELCA Augsbug/Fortress press. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning about the true Grace of God!
Marty is senior pastor of St. . Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, and host of Grace Matters, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Peter W
Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa, and host of Grace Matters, the radio ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. About the Author Peter W. Marty is senior pastor of St.
Organized around the themes of serendipitous grace, unobtrusive grace, ordinary grace, surprising grace, mysterious grace, and weightless grace, the work is both a treatise on living the Christian life well and a stirring reminder of why congregational life matters so significantly in America.. In this collection of reflections from a pastoral heart, Marty carefully slices the contours of divine grace and views them in micro- and macroscopic fashion for the sake of appreciating the magnificence of the body of Christ - the church.The Anatomy of Grace takes well-worn religious language from another era and refashions it into powerful speech for the twenty-first century Christian. Marty probes the intricacies of daily human experience and invites readers to reconsider their faith lives with fresh eyes. Combining lively prose and creative insight, pastor and radio host Peter W