Relational Grace By Brent J. Schmidt
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And learned a lot from it about what Paul and others meant by grace Relational Grace Ever wanted to know how a single word s meanings changed over time What if it is one of those really important words from a Christian perspective like grace This book fills a gap for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in giving them both the Catholic and Protestant understanding of grace and how this difference of doctrine came about from a historical perspective Then the historical change to the idea of grace is compared and contrasted with Restoration scripture The book explains that the restoration brings back the intended and understood meaning of grace from the time of the apostles as a reciprocal and binding covenant with God Highly recommend it Relational Grace Schmidt s scholarship on the original meaning of charis grace in Greek and Roman literature.
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In ancient Greece and Rome charis was a system in which one person gave something of value to another and the receiver gave service thanks and lesser value back to the giver It was the word used to describe familial gifts gifts between friends gifts between kings and servants and gifts to and from the gods In Rome these reciprocal transactions became the patron client system Orderly gift exchange is a key building block in the development of societies Charis grace is the word New Testament authors especially Paul sometimes used to explain Christ s gift to people But what is the nature of the gift Since the fifth century a number of Christian scholars have taught that grace is something bestowed by God freely with little or nothing required in return This book sets out to show that free grace is not what Paul and others intended The practice in the ancient world of people granting and receiving favors and gifts came with clear obligations Charis served New Testament authors as a model for God s mercy through the atonement of Jesus Christ which also comes with covenantal obligations LDS scriptures make it clear that being saved comes through grace accompanied by forsaking sin and making and keeping covenants For Latter day Saints being saved by grace means coming to Christ being baptized and joining the community of saints and continually living with thanks and praise for God s gift All of these expressions of grace are found both in the Greek and Pauline use of the word Knowing what charis means helps us understand what God expects us to do once we have accepted his grace Relational GraceUsing broad surveys of the use of the Greek term charis throughout history often translated as grace in the KJV of the New Testament this book convincingly establishes that grace is indeed a free gift but one that comes with a reciprocal obligation When we comply with that relational obligation by showing gratitude and love to God for his gift of grace to us i. EBook Relational grace kelly by thanking and worshiping God and by striving to keep His commandments we receive even grace thereby obligating us to continue showing gratitude and love and so on until we are eventually perfected through grace Relational Grace Very good book on recovering the ancient Greco Roman conception of grace. Relational Grace kindle reader Biggest weakness was when he was surveying LDS scholars on the meaning of grace somehow he omitted the most influential scholar of them all on this subject Stephen E Robinson Relational Grace 
This book explains how the word that is translated as grace in the New Testament charis in Greek gratia in Latin has been mistranslated and misconceived through the years to mean a passive concept that we can just sit back and receive In fact in the context of New Testament times and documents charis gratia referred to a covenental relationship that involves action on the part of both Jesus Christ and His disciple the emphasis being on creating a relationship I have no Greek but I still was able to understand and appreciate the book as well as early Judeo Christian writings is excellent I found it fascinating to learn about how Paul s use of charis fit in with the way that word was used in society at the time and also to learn about the history of how the Christian definition of grace changed in the 5th century Today it s typical to think of grace simply as a free gift from God but it also involved obligation and reciprocity as part of a covenant relationship. Relational graceful antelope I was less interested in the latter part of the book where Schmidt moved into talking about Latter Day Saints scriptures and arguing that their teachings on grace align properly with the New Testament I just skimmed those chapters my goal in reading this book was to learn about the classical context of charis I m looking forward to continuing reading on the subject of grace in Paul s writings and Schmidt s thorough footnotes offer several possible starting points for that Relational Grace Brent tackles a millennia long debate in this work and does so with skill and tact His knowledge expertise and command of the classical languages and how they better inform us of inspired writers original intents is apparent Having an understanding of how the ancients viewed the ideas of reciprocity and grace is critical to having an understanding of how to interpret their messages Brent opens up the words often translated as grace in a way that does just that and then goes on to discuss the implications of what the authors originally meant If you want a clear understanding of grace and it s meaning in early Christianity this book is an excellent exposition Hopefully many people will be enlightened by the discussion that is presented in this work Relational Grace Scholarly yet very readable for the lay person This book has helped me see grace faith works covenants in a whole new light Relational Grace
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