{"id":1191,"date":"2015-07-19T23:27:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T03:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2015-09-26T10:28:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T14:28:08","slug":"holiness-by-grace-by-bryan-chapell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/holiness-by-grace-by-bryan-chapell\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiness by Grace by Bryan Chapell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51f5fsSEkYL._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1192 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51f5fsSEkYL._SX322_BO1204203200_-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"51f5fsSEkYL._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51f5fsSEkYL._SX322_BO1204203200_-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/51f5fsSEkYL._SX322_BO1204203200_.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>I just finished my second reading of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Holiness-Grace-Redesign-Delighting-Strength\/dp\/1433524422\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1437362286&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=holiness+by+grace\"><em>Holiness by Grace<\/em><\/a>; this time around, it included a small group discussion. I regard <em>Holiness by Grace<\/em> as one of the better books on sanctification that I\u2019ve read. Before a reader even makes it to the introduction, she comes across a who\u2019s who of distinguished <em>endorsements<\/em> from the Reformed Evangelical community: Packer, Kennedy, Brown, Ferguson, Keller, Carson, Ryken, Bridges, etc. The book lives up to the endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to understand how grace operates in the Christian life, <em>Holiness by Grace <\/em>rejects the two extremes of legalism and lawlessness (antinomianism). Early on in the book Chapell notes, \u201cLegalism makes believers think that God accepts them on the basis of what they do. Licentiousness makes believers think that God does not care what they do. Both errors have terrible consequences.\u201d (p. 12) The rest of the book is dedicated to unpacking these ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Those who read <em>Holiness by Grace<\/em> will soon discover why I call Chapell \u201ca pastor\u2019s pastor.\u201d In the world of pastoral ministry, there are those among us who are good theologians and those among us with good communication skills. Both of these gifts come together in this book<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just finished my second reading of Holiness by Grace; this time around, it included a small group discussion. I regard Holiness by Grace as one of the better books on sanctification that I\u2019ve read. Before a reader even makes it to the introduction, she comes across a who\u2019s who of distinguished endorsements from the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/holiness-by-grace-by-bryan-chapell\/\"> Read More&raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[87,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-book-reviews","category-uncategorized","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1194,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191\/revisions\/1194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ridgefieldbaptist.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}