I have never read anything by Philip Yancey before, but I am so glad I picked up his newest, Vanishing Grace: Whatever Happened to the Good News? This book was thought-provoking, well-researched and very well written. In it, Yancey basically poses the question from one Christian to another, "Why doesn't the world see us as dispensers of God's grace?" He then goes on through the book to tackle that question as well as propose solutions to how we can better serve a thirsty world with the life-giving water of Christ.
Yancey gives examples of how humility, self-sacrifice, and confidence in God are essential to being the type of people we are called to be. He shows, through various examples of people from different walks of life, how we can be "dispensers of grace."
This book is encouraging in that it inspires the reader to want to be better at sharing the love of God that we are so willing to enjoy ourselves... that never ending grace that we are partakers of that, if we are honest, we should be tripping over each other in order to share it with those in need.
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