Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love
Overview
Funny how the exceeding riches of God's grace seem to run out the moment we're saved. From then on, we tend to base our relationship with Him on our performance rather than on His grace. Of course, God continues to deal with us on the basis of His grace, whether or not we understand it. It's just that when we don't, we forgo the abundant freedoms that come from not having to measure up.
The product of more than ten years of Bible study, Transforming Grace is a fountainhead of inspiration and renewal that will show you just how inexhaustible and generous God's grace really is. You'll never be able to ask for too much, need too much, hope for too much, or even sin too much. Like a never-ending stream of ocean waves crashing on the shore, His grace "superabounds" toward you without a measure.
Praise for the Print Edition
This is an honest, gentle, searching book on a great theme by a wise teacher who knows what he is talking about. I highly recommend it.
—J. I. Packer, Professor of Theology, Regent College
In his latest book, Transforming Grace, Jerry Bridges offers his readers a truly appealing look at this matter of Free Grace. Within its pages, the reader will find an attractive portrait of the God who makes the only bona fide offer of real freedom to anyone who will take it-with no strings attached. This is must reading for all those truly seeking to know the Lord as He wants to be known.
—Barry V. Goodgion, Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society, Volume 05, 1992
In a very readable style, Bridges brings his readers along with him on a journey to a better understanding of God’s grace. . . In an age when man’s goodness is emphasized and self-help books proliferate, this book is soul-refreshing. . . I recommend it for sheer reading pleasure and for growth in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
—Gary Vet, Pastor, Reformation and Revival Volume 3, 1994
Product Details
- Title: Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God's Unfailing Love
- Author: Jerry Bridges
- Series: Jerry Bridges Collection
- Publisher: NavPress
- Publication Date: 2008
- Pages: 272
About Jerry Bridges
Dr. Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) was an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and staff member of The Navigators, an international, interdenominational Christian ministry focusing on mentoring, discipling, and building relationships. Bridges earned his undergraduate degree in engineering at the University of Oklahoma before serving as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War. He joined the Christian discipleship organization The Navigators in 1955, where he served as an administrative assistant to the Europe Director, office manager for the headquarters office, Secretary-Treasurer of the organization, and as Vice President for Corporate Affairs before moving to a staff development position with the Collegiate Mission.
Top Highlights
“Here is a spiritual principle regarding the grace of God: To the extent you are clinging to any vestiges of self-righteousness or are putting any confidence in your own spiritual attainments, to that degree you are not living by the grace of God in your life.” (Page 36)
“But note the invitation to come is addressed to those who have no money—not to those who don’t have enough. Grace is not a matter of God’s making up the difference, but of God’s providing all the ‘cost’ of salvation through His Son, Jesus Christ.” (Pages 27–28)
“That is, the entire Christian life from start to completion is lived on the basis of God’s grace to us through Christ.” (Page 19)
“To be justified means more than to be declared ‘not guilty.’ It actually means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed or charged the guilt of our sin to His Son, Jesus Christ, and has imputed or credited Christ’s righteousness to us.” (Page 41)
“We were saved by grace, but we are living by performance.” (Page 16)
- Title: Transforming Grace: Living Confidently in God’s Unfailing Love
- Author: Jerry Bridges
- Publisher: NavPress
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Grace (Theology); Christian life
- ISBNs: 9781600063039, 1600063039
- Resource ID: LLS:TRANSFMGRC
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:28:36Z
Jerry Bridges (1929–2016) was an evangelical Christian author and speaker. He serves in the Collegiate Mission, and has been on the staff of The Navigators for more than fifty years. Bridges earned an engineering degree from the University of Oklahoma and went on to serve as an officer in the United States Navy during the Korean War before joining the staff of the Navigators.
He is the author of more than a dozen books, including The Pursuit of Holiness, which has sold more than one million copies. His devotional Holiness Day By Day garnered the 2009 ECPA Christian Book Award for the inspiration and gift category, and The Discipline Of Grace received a similar award in 1995 for the Christian living category.
