By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me

by Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson

Publisher:

Reformation Trust

, 2010

Overview

Are you truly amazed by God’s grace? Or have you grown accustomed to it? Yes, we sing of God’s “Amazing Grace,” but do you truly understand what you as a Christian have experienced in receiving the grace of God? Or do you take divine grace for granted?

In By Grace Alone, Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson laments that “we have lost the joy and energy that is experienced when grace seems truly ‘amazing.’” In an effort to restore the wonder of divine grace, he reflects on it from seven angles, each built around a stanza from a rich but little-known hymn, “O How the Grace of God Amazes Me,” written by Emmanuel T. Sibomana, a pastor in the African nation of Burundi.

This book poses probing questions for today’s believer: “If I am not amazed by God’s grace, can I really be living in it? Can I really be tasting, and savoring, and delighting in it?” But those willing to delve into God’s Word with Dr. Ferguson will come away with a deeper astonishment at the depths of God’s grace.

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Key Features

• Foreword by Rev. Henry Luke Orombi
• Preface by the author
• Hymn: “O How the Grace of God Amazes Me” by Emmanuel T. Sibomana

Contents

Top Highlights

“No one ever discovers the nature of God’s grace without first discovering the reason he or she needs it.” (Page 13)

“Yet the gospel is not difficult to understand. The problem lies within us—in our spiritual blindness. If there is resistance in the heart to loving God, there will be resistance in the mind to knowing God—and therefore to listening to and seeking God. Only the truth can set us free.” (Page 8)

“The gospel is an invitation to receive a gift. But many people hear it as a summons to do better. Paul makes it clear that the gospel is not about something we do. It is about what God has done for us in Jesus Christ.” (Page 48)

“Jesus used parables so that those who thought they could see might be blinded, and those who were conscious they were blind might be able to see.” (Page 14)

“Here, then, is our greatest need. Lesson one: We are in bondage to sinful hearts.” (Page 4)

Product Details

• Title: By Grace Alone: How the Grace of God Amazes Me
• Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
• Publisher: Reformation Trust
• Publication Date: 2010
• Pages: 123

About Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson

Dr. Sinclair Ferguson is a native of Scotland and earned his Ph.D. at the University of Aberdeen. He was minister of two churches in Scotland, on the Island of Unst the most northerly of the Shetland Isles, and in St George’s-Tron, in the center of Glasgow, as well as serving in the USA at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, S.C. In addition, he was for many years Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia and at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas. He is currently the honorary evening preacher in St Peter’s Free Church of Scotland, Dundee. He has authored around fifty books and contributed to many others. He and his wife Dorothy have been blessed with three sons and a daughter and eleven grandchildren.