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Grace Intervention: Understanding God's Beautiful Gift of Grace Paperback – January 1, 2015

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How would you define legalism in today’s church? Discover the surprising answers presented by pastor, author, and professor Bill Giovannetti, as he guides you, step by step―with humor, compassion, and biblical insight―through the counter-intuitive shift from legalism to God’s staggeringly beautiful grace. Then rest secure, knowing that God has set you free!
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The book's overriding tone can be summed up with: "For every look at self, take ten looks at Christ." Giovannettic takes grace so far as to proclaim once saved, always saved, and explores eternal security like a scriptural lawyer.

This title could be one of those books that catches fire among small groups. Recommended. -- Von Mitchell ― CBA Retailers Published On: 2014-12-29

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Grace Intervention exposes the new strains of legalism that infect today’s church as much as yesterday’s disagreements over movies, dancing, and rock-and-roll. With humor, compassion, and biblical insight, Giovannetti guides Christ-followers step-by-step through the counter-intuitive shift from legalism to God’s staggeringly beautiful grace.
 

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1628361093
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Shiloh Run Press (January 1, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781628361094
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1628361094
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.76 x 8.38 inches
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 68 ratings

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Bill is the son of a hard working, middle class Italian/Hillbilly family (he says that lovingly) and the product of a Chicago public school education (he says that proudly). His upbringing in a small, fundamentalist church led him to an early decision to devote his life to God. It wasn't until young adulthood that he began to appreciate how much God was devoted to him.

Surrounded by the high energy and vivid personalities of an urban jungle, Bill received a street-level education on human nature. His early love of reading, his hunger for the Bible and theology, and his early struggles with legalism and self-worth form the foundation for Bill's writing. He also has a deep love of Chicago sports teams and Chicago pizza.

Bill entered full-time ministry at age 20 as a children's and youth pastor. He served for eight years before planting a church in Chicago and becoming its senior pastor. During that sixteen-year ministry, Bill finished his seminary degree, urban ministry training, and his doctorate. He met and married his wife, Margi, and started his family... two kids, two dogs, one hamster, and one fish that survived.

After a two-year stint as a suburban teaching pastor, Bill and his family headed to the snow-capped mountains and pristine lakes of northern California, where Bill serves as the senior pastor of a rapidly growing Church.

Bill has established a reputation for speaking to the mind in ways that touch the heart. He enjoys delivering God's Word with both depth and practicality. He aims to encourage instead of tear down. He strives to free others from guilt, shame, and legalism, and help them discover life and love through God's amazing grace.

For resources for your life and growth, visit: http://maxgrace.com

Bill's favorite Bible verse is:

Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches; But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the LORD, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight," says the LORD.

(Jeremiah 9:23, 24, NKJV).

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Kim Hecht
5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding and appropriating God's GRACE (to yourself and others) in an unforgiving, demanding world
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2015
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Grace Intervention is both profound and simple, challenging and encouraging, deep yet easy to read. Even while on jetlag I had trouble putting it down! Giovanetti communicates clearly and wittily. Referencing and delving into Scripture throughout, the book is inventively written, is straightforward and uncomplicated, and yet is filled with pithy statements and paragraphs that, like a proverb, have more depth of meaning with each reading.

Though I was raised in the church my entire life, and have been a believer for nearly 4 decades, this book took me to depths of truth I had not considered. It thoroughly captures and engages both your mind and emotions. By default each of us is raised in an environment of "what we should do", with a worldview of earning/deserving whatever results we get in life. Somehow that thought pattern doesn't leave us once we believe. Grace Intervention creatively enables us see that God's amazing grace is so much more incredible than we have ever imagined, so much bigger than our petty worldview. It reminds us that He loves His children and lavishes His grace toward us because of who He is, not because of anything we do or can do for Him.

Assisting us to get our psychology to match theology, Grace Intervention lifts our eyes to the astonishing truth that all who have trusted Christ's work on the cross to bring them into a right relationship with God, trusting His finished work at Calvary to pacify God's holy wrath against sin, can rest in full assurance that God's love and grace extends to them. Eternally.

I wish I'd purchased a hard copy for myself so I could take notes! This book is on my "must read again soon" list - even though I just finished it less than 4 weeks ago.
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Christy Bower
5.0 out of 5 stars If you need a fresh infusion of grace
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2016
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Bill Giovannetti offers another powerful affirmation of the doctrine of grace. Legalism sneaks into our hearts and lives so easily that we do well to saturate our hearts and minds with the doctrine of grace, keeping it front and center every day of our lives.

Because legalism comes in many subtle forms, the author exposes both traditional legalism and neo-legalism. He also responds to typical objections to grace using Scripture and examples. He defines grace as “the unmerited favor of a non-lenient God” because he doesn’t want people to confuse grace with leniency. In other words, it’s not that God is overlooking our sin because our sin cost Him dearly.

Grace Intervention reaches into our lives to the heart of our struggle to earn God’s blessings or keep the rules. The author explains that it’s not what we do for God—the arrows going up from us to God—that matters. Rather it’s what God does for us—the arrows going down from God to us—that is the source of grace and power in our lives.

If you need a fresh infusion of grace, pick up a copy of Grace Intervention and soak in these truths all over again.

This review first appeared (with additional book quotes) on my blog, ChristyBower.com.
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J. Vesely
5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging in the best ways. Flips our instinctive perspectives on their heads.
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2015
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Probably my favorite book by Giovannetti yet. After chapter one I immediately bought this book for my dad. It's like I heard the good news all over again after getting bludgeoned with the legalism stick.

This book challenged me to just rest in God's grace... This is difficult because I feel like I constantly never measure up, and naturally (often without thinking about it) I try to please God by DOING.

I want that work to come; I want to see God's fruit in my life, but I need to make sure I soak up God's grace first. Bill's excellence in explaining God's grace and our slant toward legalism is what drew me into this book. His explanation of how God's grace continues to unfold in our lives is what kept me reading.

It will always be a life journey spending time with God, his Word, and discovering more of his truth. This will help you get a pretty uncommon, (maybe even forgotten) fresh perspective on God's grace and salvation amidst a sea of legalism.
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John and Valerie Ayabe
5.0 out of 5 stars There are so many books that tell you how to get closer to God. This book is not one of them.
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2015
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There are so many books that tell you how to get closer to God.
This book is not one of them. This book explains how close God is to each of US, and how little our actions have anything to do with that reality.
There are academic sections in some chapters for those who enjoy the intellectual engagement of theological discourse, and the arguments are presented deftly and with good humor. But the great beauty of this book is the simple, profound result of that theology: if you have trusted in Christ's work on the cross to bring you into a right relationship with God, then you can rest in the fact that God loves you as He loves His own Son. No amount of good (or bad) behavior can change that truth.
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D. Rodriguez
4.0 out of 5 stars Warning! This book will change the way you live! In the Best way!
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2015
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A very much needed book on grace..it really has changed the way I look and think about grace.. I would highly recommend this book and have already purchased copies to give to friends..
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Michelle R. Peppel
5.0 out of 5 stars YOU HAVE TO DO MORE!!!! NOT!
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015
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WORK WORK WORK! DO DO DO! SERVE SERVE SERVE! TRY HARDER! DO BETTER! BE MORE! That is what we have heard so much and so often especially from the church. It's never enough. Why? Because that's not the way God intended it to be. Thank you so much Bill for your wonderful way with words and explaining the Grace of God and the Grace of living life in Christ. The weight from all the pressure or trying harder to do better, to be more, has been cast aside. I've LOVED your other books and now this one can sit right along side the other favorites. Thank you!
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Bea Baldridge
5.0 out of 5 stars What an amazing book about Amazing Grace
Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2015
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What an amazing book about Amazing Grace! Every page has my name on it. Such love Pastor Giovannetti has for the Lord and what insight into the Heart of God. He truly gets across the message plainly and lovingly. God is Amazing! And His GRACE is amazing. I recommend this book to all ages whether saved one day or saved for 100 years. We always forget that we don't have to EARN our salvation, not by works that I have done, but through HIS righteousness and favor to ME! Thank you pastor.
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John Topley
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 13, 2015
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Bought as a birthday gift, the book more than exceeded their expectations.
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