If God Is Love: Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious World (Grace Series, #2)

If God is love, why are so many Christians fearful, and why do so many church leaders sound hateful? Two controversial pastors address issues the church won't face, calling us to restore grace as the center of the Christian life. o In If Grace Is True , Pastors Philip Gulley and James Mulholland revealed their belief that God will save every person. They now explore the implications of this belief, and its power to change every area of our lives. They attempt to answer one question: If we took God's love seriously, what would our world look like? Gulley and Mulholland argue that what we believe is crucial and dramatically affects the way we live and interact in the world. Beliefs have power. The belief in a literal hell where people suffer eternally has often been used by the Church to justify hate and violence, which contradicts what Jesus taught about love and grace. The authors present a new vision for our personal, religious, and corporate lives, exploring what our world would be like if we based our existence on the foundational truth that God loves every person. Gulley and Mulholland boldly address many controversial issues people in the pews have wondered about but churches have been unwilling to tackle. For too long, the Christian tradition has been steeped in negativity, exclusion, and judgment. Gulley and Mulholland usher us into a new age––an age where grace and love are allowed to reign. After having expressed their theological belief that God will save every person, Gulley and Mulholland now go further to discuss how this belief should change our lives. In a time when the overriding attitude is one of apathetic tolerance of others' beliefs, Gulley and Mulholland argue that what one believes is dangerously important and drastically affects the way we live and interact in the world. Divided into three different sections looking specifically at our personal lives, our socials lives, and our spiritual lives, they explore what our world would look like if we based our lives on the foundational truth that God loves every person. Proposing great change and revolution, they argue that "since grace is true, nothing else should remain the same." Gulley and Mulholland beautifully invite us to enter into this new age -- the age where grace is allowed to reign. Argues that one's beliefs play a key role in how one lives and interacts in the world, inviting readers to envision a world where everyone shares a belief that God loves every person and proposing world transformation through spiritual change When I was younger, I thought beliefs were a private matter.