Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message Author: Visit Amazon's Michael L. Brown Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1621365891 | Format: PDF
Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message Description
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“I’m so thankful for leaders like Michael Brown who are boldly standing up for the glorious truth of the biblical grace message.” —Mike Bickle, founder, IHOP-KC
“Michael Brown is a master at defending the truth.” —Steve Hill, evangelist
“Passionate, powerful, and persuasive with a masterful use of the biblical text.” —Dr. Daniel Juster, director, Tikkun International
About the Author
Michael L. Brown is the founder and president of FIRE School of Ministry, a leadership training institute birthed out of the fires of revival that is called to equip authentic and devoted disciples of Jesus. With a PhD from New York University in Near Eastern languages and literatures, he is recognized as one of the leading Messianic Jewish scholars in the world today. He hosts the nationally syndicated daily talk radio show The Line of Fire and is the author of more than twenty books, including
The Real Kosher Jesus.
- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Charisma House (January 7, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1621365891
- ISBN-13: 978-1621365891
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Rarely is a book responding to error within the church so timely, conscientious, and precise. While I value much grace teaching today and don't believe this is the final revelation on the subject, I must recommend Hyper-Grace to every believer exposed to modern grace teaching.
Dr. Michael Brown's Hyper-Grace: Exposing the Dangers of the Modern Grace Message is a much needed response to the deluge of popular new grace theology in the church today. In a respectful but emphatic tone Dr. Brown interacts with a large variety of popular "grace movement" teachers and doctrines, highlighting both liberating truth and destructive error. Hyper-Grace carries out a systematic examination, asking difficult questions, examining a wealth of scriptural interpretation, and thoroughly interacting with the main tenets of new "grace theology" in a clear and engaging way.
The table of contents alone posits questions that both "grace teachers" and those examining their theology need to answer: "Has God Already Forgiven our Future Sins?" "Should Believers Confess their Sins to God?" "[Are we]Sanctified or Not?" "Is Spirituality Effortless?" "Is God Always in a Good Mood?" "Why are we Running from the Words of Jesus?" Dr. Brown's chapters also ask if the Holy Spirit convicts unbelievers and/or believers of sin and if so should we repent? and what does that mean? The fact that many of these questions have risen means that foundational Christian teaching and understanding is being questioned. Many believers who have taken answers to these questions for granted must go back to the Word and examine why they believe what they believe. Dr. Brown quotes large portions of published works naming specific teachers and interacting with the teacher's comments themselves sometimes positively and often negatively.
While reading this book I was impressed with Dr Brown efforts to create a dialog based on scripture, reason and common sense. Yet as I read the other reviews it quickly became obvious that the majority of the negative reviews will be reviews of the title alone. If parents of today put no restraints upon their children, and injury or death is a result of their negligence, then these parents can be charged with a crime. Which begs the question, is God a bad father ?
The Word of God has never been pick and choose, for the Bible says that all scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16. Yet Dr Brown gives many examples of hyper-grace teachers removing or rearranging the Word of God to support their teachings.
While reading these examples I remembered a game that came out in the early 1970's. The name of the game was Jenga. The game consisted of 54 wooden building blocks. Following instructions you utilized all these blocks in building a tower. The object of the game was for each player to take turns removing blocks from the bottom of the tower, then placing them on the top without causing the tower to topple. The winner was the last individual to complete a safe move. Like Dr Brown, I am amazed at many of the beautiful revelations brought out by these teachers, but when they remove the word to support some of their statements, then they and their followers are in grave danger of causing the very foundation of their salvation to crumble. Some of these individuals are even willing to remove the words of Jesus Christ, the chief cornerstone to support their new revelations. Ephesians 2:19-21.
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