PROOF: Finding Freedom through the Intoxicating Joy of Irresistible Grace
Written by Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones
Narrated by Josh Aaron
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It’s time to open your eyes to the freeing power of authentic grace—grace that releases us from trying to earn God's favor, grace that enables us to rest in the finished work of Christ, grace that liberates from the tyranny of trying to please others.
That's what the theology of Martin Luther and John Calvin did in their own day for the people around them. Time magazine recently dubbed Calvinism as one of the top ten ideas changing the world right now. And yet most of these discussions center on the issue of predestination or on whether particular people agree with the five points of Calvinism. Daniel Montgomery and Timothy Paul Jones think it's time to rescue the theology of the Reformers from such stale scholasticizing and to declare anew the dangerous and intoxicating joy of the gospel that theyproclaimed.PROOF stands for planned grace, resurrecting grace, outrageous grace, overcoming grace, and forever grace. The authors offer proof of God’s grace upon which people can stand against the attacks of legalism that have led many of God's people to lose sight of the freedom and joy of the gospel. And this proof is intoxicating—it’s like a 200-proof drink that will leave you spiritually staggering at its effect on your life. God’s grace not only declares us “not guilty!” in his presence, it changes our relationship with God—forever.?
Daniel Montgomery
Daniel Montgomery is the founder and CEO of Leadership Reality, a learning and development agency. Daniel founded and led Sojourn Community Church for over seventeen years and is the founder of Sojourn Network, a church planting network in North America. He coaches, writes, and consults on the topic of leadership, theology, and mission for businesses and churches around the world.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This book does a great job of introducing the topic of irresistible grace and certain other points of Reformed theology. While it is a good introductory book, it is by no means short on details or explanation.
Irresistible grace is essentially that God grants saving grace to His elect and His elect overcome their resistance to God and come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.
While some books on the topic might get too headstrong into the use of Latin or sound too much like systematic theology, the authors of this book do a good job of relating concepts on the subject without the lofty language or the dumbing down of concepts. The authors also provide person stories and examples to help in understanding concepts. There are even a few tear jerking stories that really highlight just how much bigger God's corresponding work is amazing.
I would highly recommend this book for those wishing to know more on the subject, looking into Calvinism, or getting into Reformed theology. Final Grade - A