Fall to Grace
A Revolution of God, Self & Society
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4.9 • 21 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Jay Bakker explores the radical, transformative, and inclusive message at the heart of Jesus's message: grace.
If anyone ever had a reason to leave the faith, Jay Bakker did. The son of mega-televangelists Jim Bakker and the late Tammy Faye Messner, Bakker was only 11 years old when his parents' PTL ministry was caught in a high-profile accounting fraud scandal, and his family was devastated by his father's affair and his parents' subsequent divorce.
A disillusioned Bakker turned to drugs and alcohol and left his childhood beliefs behind. But along the way, an interesting thing happened: Bakker came to understand, through all his pain, what God's grace was really all about.
FALL TO GRACE re-envisions the true nature of grace and what it means in everyday life. With disarming humility, poignant observations, and spot-on theology, Bakker challenges Christians to reassess their understanding of salvation and invites non-believers to see Jesus with fresh eyes.
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Bakker, son of famous televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye and pastor at Revolution Church in New York, stridently argues for a new emphasis on grace. After spending his teenage years reeling from family scandals and substance abuse, Bakker had almost given up on Christianity altogether until he discovered grace, which he understands as the love and salvation offered by God to all regardless of adherence to religious law. Interlacing anecdotes with exegesis of Paul's letters (especially Galatians), Bakker shares stories of those who have experienced a three-part revolution of grace. Living with grace transforms God from harsh rule maker to loving abba (daddy), reorients individuals away from self-centeredness, and remakes society. His test for this final revolution is his call for acceptance of homosexuals, a position that he says grace demands. This emphasis might be troubling for more conservative Christians, even with his clear summary of how to read the Bible as condemning not homosexuality itself but forbidding rape, abuse of strangers, and paganism. Bakker's tone and style are highly readable, even humorous, ashe tackles serious theological issues. Overall, the book speaks more to those already convinced of grace, but provides ample reinforcement for that position.
Customer Reviews
Awesome
Absolutely amazing book. Worth ever penny. I've read it 3 times.
Eye opener
Great book! Jay Bakker is not your typical Christian. I admire him so much. The love of Christ and the grace he shows to people is truly remarkable.
You shall know the truth, and the truth shall...what? Set you free!
Remember in scripture how simple Christ was in explaining things, for those with faith, he wanted all to hear and have the good news! This writting style of Jay Bakker`s is so easy to understand, perhaps for the same reason, it seems to just be his way of communicateling AND it works. Recent Christian academics who were willing to push for the truth past their fears have know this for years and some have written about it.
To me the biggest lesson this book helped me see more clearly was GRACE, and aspects of it`s nature. It has given me a renewed heart and a right spirit. God is good, to God be all the glory. It was my experince that God used Pastor Bakker to retell the whole truth in this book, during a time in our culture that many Pastors enjoy "cherry picking" the truth.
May God bless you and your`s.