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Putting Amazing Back into Grace: Embracing the Heart of the Gospel
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Average Rating:  out of 27 Reviews
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Price: $16.99
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Sale: $9.48
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Manufacturer: Baker Books
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780801064005
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Michael Horton
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Publisher: Baker Books
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Edition: 2nd
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Dewey Decimal Number: 234
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Publication Date: 2002-05-01
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Reading Level: 288
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Description: God is sovereign. Sin is an act, thought, or behavior against the will of God. God demands righteousness. God exacts harsh punishment to man for his rebellion against God's will. God has provided a means for some to avoid eternal punishment. Putting Amazing Back into Grace is a defense of the doctrine of predestination that many know as Calvinism. Horton's arguments do not include quotes from Calvin. This work uses biblical explanations and arguments about man's sinful predicament, his unwillingness to accept God's sovereignty and provision for forgiveness. Only through the Holy Spirit can repent for going against the will of God, seek to learn God's will, believe the word of God and have faith. Each chapter has discussion questions at the end.
Also included are two appendixes. The first one provides bible references to doctrines: Man's choice for disobedience, man left alone will not receive God's word, the initiative rest with God not man, Who God chooses does not rest on the comparative character of each particular man, The atonement of the cross will not go unanswered, and salvation is sealed by God not based on man's obedience or goodness.
The second appendix are the arguments of Christian scholars concurrent and post biblical writings. He quotes from Clement, Barnabas Ignatius, Justin Martyr, William Tydale, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Bucer, Knox, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, Hieronymus{Jerome},Irenaeus,Tertullian, and Charles Spurgeon.
The author then uses quotes from the creeds; Council of Orange, Council of Valence(855),The Ten Conclusion of Berne (1528), Ausburg Confession of the Luthern Church, Westminster Confession (1646), Confession Dosithus Helvinic Consensus formula, The London confession,Abstract Priciples (1859) and the New Hampshire Confession of Baptists in America.
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Review Summary: Amazing... |
Date: 2007-10-20 |
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Details: One of the most understandable and accessible works on reformed theology that I have seen. I would give the book to anybody who wants to know more about the subject. |
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Review Summary: this book is AMAZING |
Date: 2007-06-11 |
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Details: My parents gave me this book before I headed to a Christian college down in Florida, and to be honest, I really didn't want to read it at the time. I really didn't care what I believed in doctrine wise and I felt that if I was heading down to a college that had different doctrinal beliefs, I would just ignore it.
However, I ended up reading the book over time. Michael Horton does a wonderful job laying out the predestination doctrinal belief: he doesn't use fluffy words or high language that the readers can't understand. He's very conversational and breaks down the doctrine into a language in which all the readers can understand.
But I liked this book more than that. This book gave me insight into what belief I had been raised up: one thing that I have learned as a Christian is that my parents' faith couldn't be my faith. I had to personally believe and take on my own faith. In the same way, I had to do the same with the doctrine of predestination. This doctrine is hard to grasp at times but when you look at your own personal life, it all makes sense. Horton clearly says that God chooses us because we would have never chosen Him because of our hearts. Our hearts are always striving to do evil and evil takes place in the dark which means we don't want to be exposed and we don't want to go to God because He will expose us for who we really are. The book states this but then goes on to say that Jesus simply takes us: He personally works in our hearts to accept Him.
Other Christians think that this view is just horrible: they wonder why God would do such a thing? Why would He predestine some people to heaven and some to hell? Horton answers this question by saying that God is God and to have Him just simply choose some of us is AMAZING GRACE. We as humans don't deserve anything but hell but He has chosen some of us to save. This isn't cruel; this really is AMAZING GRACE. At the end of the book are a lists of Bible verses relating to this doctrine which I find helpful.
This book is really awesome. It helped me look back at my life and see how God simply chose me. It gave me insight about never losing my salvation and how sovereign God is and how much He is in control of this whole world. Overall, it benefited me. |
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Review Summary: Well-Written, Understandable Introduction to Reformed Theology |
Date: 2006-04-02 |
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Details: Michael Horton's Putting Amazing Back into Grace has many strengths to commend it. Horton writes relatively simply and primarily for his own generation, Generation X. (The book originally was published in 1991 and includes several pop culture references familiar to members of that generation.) He covers a lot of theology, making J.I. Packer's summary of the book as a serious workout apt. And while opinionated, Horton is generally genial when he discusses opposing positions. The greatest strength of the book is seen in how Horton begins his discussion with humanity's creation and then moves on to give the big Scriptural picture from there.
Nonetheless, if you're not of a Reformed persuasion, this book may fail to convince you. At times, particularly in the section "Christian Liberty," Horton drives his arguments from Reformers' beliefs rather than, strictly speaking, Scripture per se. (More than one wag has said before that Reformers tend to use Scripture to interpret the Reformers rather than the other way around.) Horton's appendix of Scripture references and quotes from Christians throughout history is the book's weakest part: Far too many times, Horton cites verses favorable or seemingly favorable to the Reformed position, only to leave out text that seemingly points in a non-Reformed position just a few verses away. The quotes from Christians throughout the centuries contain few from the Middle Ages, and, worse, often clearly show that the authors do not totally agree with Reformed views. (Quite a few give humanity more freedom in their choices than Reformers do.) Furthermore, many of the quotes are so short that you cannot really be sure that the author meant what Horton says he meant in context.
Nonetheless, Putting Amazing Back into Grace helped me understand Reformed theology a good deal more; Horton's discussion of the atonement in Chapter 7 was particularly helpful in this regard. For a good, general overview of Reformed theology, I cannot imagine a better book. |
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Review Summary: The Right Book and the Right Time |
Date: 2005-07-06 |
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Details: I have been re-re-reading "Putting Amazing Back into Grace" by Michael Horton and am stunned once again! Any book that can capture your thoughts the third time around and make you expand on those thoughts is a book that you can really enjoy over and over until the binding wears out. The way I'm reading the book this time is reminiscent of the way I read "Desiring God" by John Piper about a year ago, chapter by chapter.
It is a slow, methodical process and one would think that reading a chapter more than once before moving on would get monotonous, but not so. This is my favorite way to read anything of substance.
When an author presents something radical and new to me, I pour over it and look at the evidence given. I consult other works that I trust and ask questions of those whose opinions I have learned to respect. I also look to these sources for objections. When I was told about the Doctrine of Grace, my first thought was, "Of course one is saved by grace as soon as he takes the necessary steps toward grace." Trusted brothers in Christ patiently presented a grace to me that was much more amazing than what I had believed before.
The radical idea that I don't have to jump through any hoops! The belief that God is active at every level of our being, including the important parts! The concept that the atonement was not even a partial failure! These are the kinds of things I wrestled with until this doctrine was presented to me.
I read and learned, but had some nagging questions about it all. And then came a book review by Tim Challies. I immediately decided to purchase this title.
After one quick reading of this book, it all began to really make sense to me. The Reformed faith is not some legalistic holier-than-thou faith, contrary to the way that some practice it. On the contrary, it is a faith that despises legalism as the very reason the Reformers broke from the church was for their concerns with rules being added to the word of God. The Doctrines of Grace are nothing if you don't recognize the fact that sin is not found in the world per se, but within yourself. In light of much of today's teaching that humans are basically good people who have a myriad of options toward redemption (assuming the need for redemption is expressed), the doctrine of a self who is tainted by sin, both original and personal, is one that humbles all. Nobody has the right to act pious, as if their outward showing could fool God!
This book is the straw that broke the camel's back and caused me to turn away from self-redemption. I came to realize that no measure of retribution to God could begin to pay my debt. I also came to understand that an outwardly pious attitude is an affront to our Lord and Savior who did not leave any debt for me to pay.
This book offers so many reasons for my recommendation that I cannot list them all here. If you have questions about any of the major doctrines of the Reformed faith, this book brings the doctrines of the Reformation down to the lower shelf where anyone can understand their logic. |
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Review Summary: Putting Amazing Back into Predestination |
Date: 2005-01-22 |
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Details: God is sovereign. Sin is an act, thought, or behavior against the will of God. God demands righteousness. God exacts harsh punishment to man for his rebellion against God's will. God has provided a means for some to avoid eternal punishment. Putting Amazing Back into Grace is a defense of the doctrine of predestination that many know as Calvinism. Horton's arguments do not include quotes from Calvin. This work uses biblical explanations and arguments about man's sinful predicament, his unwillingness to accept God's sovereignty and provision for forgiveness. Only through the Holy Spirit can repent for going against the will of God, seek to learn God's will, believe the word of God and have faith. Each chapter has discussion questions at the end.
Also included are two appendixes. The first one provides bible references to doctrines: Man's choice for disobedience, man left alone will not receive God's word, the initiative rest with God not man, Who God chooses does not rest on the comparative character of each particular man, The atonement of the cross will not go unanswered, and salvation is sealed by God not based on man's obedience or goodness.
The second appendix are the arguments of Christian scholars concurrent and post biblical writings. He quotes from Clement, Barnabas Ignatius, Justin Martyr, William Tydale, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Bucer, Knox, George Whitefield, Jonathan Edwards, Hieronymus{Jerome},Irenaeus,Tertullian, and Charles Spurgeon.
The author then uses quotes from the creeds; Council of Orange, Council of Valence(855),The Ten Conclusion of Berne (1528), Ausburg Confession of the Luthern Church, Westminster Confession (1646), Confession Dosithus Helvinic Consensus formula, The London confession,Abstract Priciples (1859) and the New Hampshire Confession of Baptists in America. |
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