Week 12: Chapter 11 — Grace-Full Christians in an Ungrace-Full World

1.Yancey asks how Christians can "contend graciously" for moral truth in a culture that sees their convictions as bigoted or outdated. What does contending "graciously" look like in practice — and what does it look like when it goes wrong?

2.He explores the tension between speaking truth (which sometimes offends) and extending grace (which sometimes feels like silence). Is there a way to be both honest and gracious? Think of someone in your life who manages that balance well. What do they do that makes it work?

3.Yancey examines how the church has often responded to the AIDS crisis, to LGBTQ+ people, and to cultural sexual revolution — and finds the response more often characterized by condemnation than by grace. What would a grace-full response to those in sexual sin or confusion look like, and how is it different from either endorsement or rejection?