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Publisher's Description: Forgiveness is God's Great Work because sin is the greatest of problems, the cross is the most excellent of solutions, and grace produces the most extreme changes. It is all-inclusive and everlasting. In this book, John Ensor helps us grasp the reality and human experience of God’s ongoing, outworking, wonderful grace.
Foreword by John Piper
Author Information: John Ensor is Director of Urban Initiatives for Heartbeat International, an organization for Christian communities establishing pregnancy help centers worldwide. He is currently working with Christian leaders to open five pregnancy help centers in the neediest neighborhoods of Miami, Florida. He has also served as President of A Woman's Concern. John and his wife, Kristen, have three grown children and reside near Boston, Massachusetts.
192 pages
Published May 2006 |
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"The Great Work of the Gospel is God-centered good news. It is the kind of message that will make deep, strong people and deep, strong churches. It will release people from the self-absorbed rationalizations that keep us from the fullest engagement in the global cause of God."
- John Piper, Pastor for Preaching, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis - from the Foreword
"John writes so that we will know the depth of sin and counters it with the richness of God's grace. A compelling book."
- Lars and Elisabeth (Elliot) Gren
"The strong medicine we need in an era where God's amazing grace has been diminished by thinking so highly of ourselves. John Ensor demonstrates the greatness of our guilt and the surpassing greatness of God's grace, which alone can deliver us."
- Randy Alcorn, Director, Eternal Perspectives Ministries
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Average Customer Review
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By P. Bogert [blog] on June 11, 2009
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(Faith Community Church [website] / Pastor / PA) [all reviews] [subscribe]
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A great combination of sound and thorough theology and sound and thorough application of that theology to practice.
The book contains thorough explanation of key facets of the Gospel and some excellent illustrations, often drawn from his own experience.
What is also helpful for those for resources for small groups is the inclusion of study questions at the end of each chapter. My only wish for these questions is that they directed the reader a bit more into Scripture, although it would be easy for a group leader to do this based on the ample use of Scripture within the chapters themselves.
One warning: Don't ignore the footnotes! Aside from the normal references to the writings of others, there are some occasional protracted explanations of ideas that would have been rabbit-trails if put in the body of the text. |
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By T. Pruitt [blog] on June 02, 2009
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(Church of the Saviour [website] / Senior Teaching Pastor / PA) [all reviews] [subscribe]
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"The Great Work of the Gospel" begins with the bad news of human sin and corruption. John Ensor does not skip over or sugar coat the depravity of the unregenerate heart. But this is precisely why the Gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ shines so brightly in this beautiful book. This is not a book I read once and then put away. My copy is dog eared and beaten up from being turned to so often. Ensor helps us rejoice in the forgiveness purchased for us by our Savior. |
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