Grace is the one thing the world cannot duplicate and the thing it craves above all else, for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world. If grace is God's love for the undeserving, then what does grace look like in action? And if Christians are its sole dispensers, then how are we at lavishing grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? Yancey explores these questions and sets grace in the midst of life's stark images. The video features segments of a conversation with Philip Yancey, interviews with others, and current news clips. This study and discussion format examines grace's life-changing power and will help participants identify the presence of grace in their daily lives.
Include: Leader's GD, 6 Participants GD, Book and 120 Minute Video
Philip Yancey is an American Christian author. Fourteen million of his books have been sold worldwide, making him one of the best-selling evangelical Christian authors. Two of his books have won the ECPA's Christian Book of the Year Award: The Jesus I Never Knew in 1996, What's So Amazing About Grace in 1998. He is published by Zondervan Publishing.
Yancey was born in Atlanta, Georgia. When Yancey was one year old, his father, stricken with polio, died after his church elders suggested he go off life support in faith that God would heal him. This was one of the reasons he had lost his faith at one point of time. Yancey earned his MA with highest honors from the graduate school of Wheaton College. His two graduate degrees in Communications and English were earned from Wheaton College Graduate School and the University of Chicago.
Yancey moved to Chicago, Illinois, and in 1971 joined the staff of Campus Life magazine--a sister publication of Christianity Today directed towards high school and college students--where he served as editor for eight years. Yancey was for many years an editor for Christianity Today and wrote articles for Reader's Digest, The Saturday Evening Post, Publishers Weekly, Chicago Tribune Magazine, Eternity, Moody Monthly, and National Wildlife, among others. He now lives in Colorado, working as a columnist and editor-at-large for Christianity Today. He is a member of the editorial board of Books and Culture, another magazine affiliated with Christianity Today, and travels around the world for speaking engagements.
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