What's So Amazing About Grace? by Philip Yancey
Week 13: Chapter 12 — The Rewards of Ungrace
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Yancey ends his exploration by asking what grace costs — and what ungrace ultimately costs more — bringing us back to the personal and communal stakes of everything we have read.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Yancey argues that ungrace has its own rewards — the satisfying feeling of moral superiority, the pleasure of a well-maintained grudge, the comfort of clear in-groups and out-groups. Be honest: have you experienced those rewards? What makes ungrace so addictive?
2.He traces the long-term costs of ungrace in relationships, families, churches, and nations — cycles of retaliation, communities of suspicion, a world that closes in on itself. Where do you see those costs playing out most visibly right now — in your own life or in the broader culture?
3.Yancey notes that Jesus' famous command to "love your enemies" is both the most distinctive and the most ignored command in the Sermon on the Mount. What enemies — personal, cultural, political — are you most tempted to exclude from the reach of your grace? What would grace toward them actually require of you?
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