If Grace Is So Amazing, Why Don't We Like It?

Acknowledgments ix

PART 1: Upside Down 1

1 How Sweet the Sound? 3

2 Hanging on a Hair 12

PART 2: Upside-Down God 21

3 Surprising, Not Predictable 23

4 For Us, Not Against Us 29

5 Near, Not Distant 39

6 Revealed in Weakness, Not in Strength 49

7 Rule Breaker, Not Rule Maker 59

8 Passionate, Not Unmoved 68

9 Therefore Risk Trust 76

PART 3: Upside-Down Self 89

10 Set Free, Not Condemned 91

11 Life, Not Death 101

12 Death, Not Life 110

13 Truth, Not Evasion 117

14 Delight, Not Manipulation 124

15 Giving, Not Getting 133

16 Therefore Be Human 141

PART 4: Upside-Down World 149

17 Love, Not Self-Centeredness 151

18 Affirmation, Not Condemnation 160

19 Forgiving, Not Keeping Score 171

20 Serving, Not Using 181

21 Creating Community, Not Competing 189

22 Peace, Not Violence 197

23 Stewardship, Not Ownership 206

24 Hope, Not Despair 215

25 Therefore Bear Witness 228

Notes 235

The Author 245