The Owner's Manual for Christians: The Essential Guide for a God-Honoring Life
It’s never too late.
Whether you’re a new Christian or you’ve walked the road for decades, it’s never too late to find the critical truths that make life make sense.
We often start out believing that common sense will be enough, that we’re prepared for the road ahead with our good values and quick thinking.
It doesn’t take long to learn otherwise. A broken friendship. An obsessive career. Financial distress. Even empty success. We come back to God, searching for insight, for hope. And He provides.
Nothing can replace studying the Bible. Best-selling author and pastor Charles Swindoll has spent decades studying its pages and teaching its precepts.
But if sixty-six books seem overwhelming, The Owner’s Manual for Christians is the perfect starting place: a biblical summary of the major truths that anchor the Christian life. From grace to freedom, these chapters walk the reader through the keys to a life well lived?drawn from the Creator of life itself.
Life is often confusing, but it does not have to be impossible. Read The Owner’s Manual for Christians and find hope for the road ahead.
Top Highlights
“All that explains why David’s words must have stunned Mephibosheth. They fit David, however. When grace is in your heart, your hope is to release others from fear, not create it.” (source)
“Love that goes upward is worship; love that goes outward is affection; love that stoops is grace.’1” (source)
“And so it is with our Lord. With the debt of sin paid by Christ on our behalf, we will never suffer punishment. When we do the things we should not, He may administer discipline, sometimes quite severely, but He never turns His back . . . He doesn’t send His child to hell! Neither do we fall from grace and get slammed behind the iron bars of the law. He deals with His own in grace . . . beautiful, charming, unmerited favor. It is really amazing!” (source)
“The change spelled freedom, as the Lord Himself taught: ‘You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free’ (John 8:32). Rigid, barren religion was, at last, replaced by a grace-oriented relationship—liberating grace. His followers loved it. His enemies hated it . . . and Him.” (source)
“And now that Christ has come and died and thereby satisfied the Father’s demands on sin, all we need to do is claim His grace by accepting the free gift of eternal life. Period. He smiles on us because of His Son’s death and resurrection. It’s grace, my friend, amazing grace.” (source)
Product Details
- Title : The Owner's Manual for Christians: The Essential Guide for a God-Honoring Life
- Author: Swindoll, Charles R.
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publication Date: 2011
- ISBN: 9781418576370