If God Is Love: Rediscovering Grace in an Ungracious World [Paperback]

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.

Warm, gentle, profound, and moving. Gulley and Mulholland have touched the deep recesses of God...A welcome antidote to so much contemporary religion that is coercive, intolerant, and finally unbearable.Uncommonly readable, insightful, and persuasive.Anyone searching for a graciousness primer might look on this book as a commensense example of such a manual.This book details well Christs command to love others and how to live that out.[T]hrough clear and accessibll#"