I have found that little books sometimes have the greatest impact.  This book is a perfect example of that.  CJ Mahaney packs more into this little book than any book I’ve read in recent memory.  
 
CJ’s (everyone I know seems to call him by his first name) premise in this book is that no matter who you are, or what you do, the only thing that really matters is the Gospel.  This book is about living the Gospel, every day and one day at a time.  John Piper’s book Future Grace is a sort of scholarly treatise on this subject…CJ’s book is the how-to manual.

Filled with encouraging quotes, practical examples, candor, humor and straight answers, CJ transforms the view that the Cross of Christ is a past event, to one of a present reality and future hope.

Whether you are a new Christian or a mature believer, there is something in this book for you.  I highly recommend it to Christians who believe and who have been taught that the Gospel is only God’s message to the unsaved.  And that it is.  But the other half, which is often ignored, and certainly not emphasized,  is that the Gospel is the message of God’s grace to believers as well.  Believers are no less dependent on God’s grace today than the day God saved them.

Most encouraging are CJ’s 5 reminders about the Gospel and living the Cross-centered life:

  1. Memorize the Gospel: Memorize those scriptures that remind us of the Gospel
  2. Pray the Gospel: The Gospel is the only reason we can approach God
  3. Sing the Gospel: Find songs whose focus in on the Gospel and not on man.
  4. Review How the Gospel Has Changed You: Review your past and where you are an evidence of God’s transformation through the Gospel
  5. Study the Gospel: Both Old and New Testaments.

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