Grace and Truth Paradox

Randy Alcorn

Hardcover – 92 pages

John 1:14 boils down for us what it means to be Christlike. It means to be full of only two things: Grace and Truth.

What should the world see when it looks at us? Christ. But we’ve come up with hundreds of principles and thousands of rules attempting to be Christlike. It’s too complicated to wrap our minds around. And Christ gets buried under lists, rules and formulas.

John 1:14 boils down for us what it means to be Christlike. It means to be full of only two things: Grace and Truth. Instead of a dozen, this gives us just two balls to juggle. It’s succinct, a two point checklist of Christlikeness. Everything we do can and should be measured by the test of grace and truth.

Christlikeness means living by grace and truth, extending both to others. Instead of the world’s apathy and tolerance, we offer grace. Instead of the world’s relativism and deception, we offer truth.

If we minimize grace the world sees no hope for salvation. If we minimize truth, the world sees no need for salvation. To show the world Jesus, we must offer full-orbed, unabridged truth and grace, magnifying both, never downsizing or apologizing for either.