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    Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God
    Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God
    Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God
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    Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God

    By Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

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    Forgiven—Experience the Surprising Grace of God (The Unshakable Truth Journey® growth guide #6) explores the truth about the power of God's grace. The truth that God can offer us forgiveness in spite of our sin helps us understand how we actually obtain a relationship with him.

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    An entire generation of young Christians—along with millions of older believers—is confused about what they believe, why they believe it, and how it's relevant.

    The Unshakable Truth Journey® Growth Guides are a series of 12 courses designed especially for churches, church classes, and small groups. They get to the heart of what being a true follower of Christ means and what knowing Christ is all about. Each five-session guide is based one of 12 core truths of the Christian faith presented in Josh and Sean McDowell's book The Unshakable Truth®.

    Orthodox, hard-hitting, and relevant, these guides uniquely positioned for today's culture because they highlight how Christianity's beliefs affect relationships; promote a relational, group context in which Christians can experience the teaching in depth; and show believers how they can live out Christianity's central truths before their community and world.

    More than just a program, The Unshakable Truth Journey® Growth Guides are a tool for long-term change and transformation!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarvest House Publishers
    Release dateFeb 1, 2012
    ISBN9780736943468
    Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God
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    Josh McDowell

    For over 60 years Josh McDowell has provided breakthrough moments for more than 45 million people in 139 countries about the evidence for Christianity and the difference the Christian faith makes in the world. Through his work with Cru and the global outreach of Josh McDowell Ministry, millions of people worldwide have been exposed to the love of Christ. He is the author or coauthor of more than 150 books, including such classics as More Than a Carpenter and Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

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      Forgiven--Experience the Surprising Grace of God - Josh McDowell

      Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from the first edition of the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

      Verses marked NASB are taken from the New American Standard Bible®, © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

      Verses marked MSG are taken from The Message. Copyright © by Eugene H. Peterson 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

      Verses marked NCV are taken from The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Word Publishing, Nashville, TN 37214. Used by permission.

      All emphasis (italics) in Scripture verses has been added by the authors.

      Cover by Koechel Peterson & Associates, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

      Cover photo © Hemera / Thinkstock

      THE UNSHAKABLE TRUTH is a trademark of The Hawkins Children’s LLC. Harvest House Publishers, Inc., is the exclusive licensee of the federally registered trademark THE UNSHAKABLE TRUTH.

      FORGIVEN—EXPERIENCE THE SURPRISING GRACE OF GOD

      Course 6 of The Unshakable Truth® Journey Growth Guides

      Copyright © 2012 by Josh McDowell Ministry and Sean McDowell

      Published by Harvest House Publishers

      Eugene, Oregon 97402

      www.harvesthousepublishers.com

      ISBN 978-0-7369-4345-1 (pbk.)

      ISBN 978-0-7369-4346-8 (eBook)

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      Printed in the United States of America

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      CONTENTS

      About the Authors

      About the Writer

      Acknowledgments

      What Is the Unshakable Truth Journey All About?

      SESSION ONE

      What Makes Us Right Before God?

      SESSION TWO

      Does Christ Have the Power to Save Us?

      SESSION THREE

      Being Made Right Before God = Pure Joy

      SESSION FOUR

      How to Share God’s Plan with Others

      SESSION FIVE

      A Family Redemption Celebration

      Take the Complete Unshakable Truth® Journey!

      The Unshakable Truth Journey Forgiven Growth Guide Evaluation Form

      Other Harvest House Books by Josh McDowell and Sean McDowell

      The Unshakable Truth® Journey

      The GC2 Experience

      About the Authors

      Authors Josh and Sean McDowell collaborated with their writer to bring you this Unshakable Truth Journey course. The content is based upon Scripture and the McDowells’ book The Unshakable Truth.

      Over 50-plus years, Josh McDowell has spoken to more than 10 million people in 120 countries about the evidence for Christianity and the difference the Christian faith makes in the world. He has authored or coauthored more than 120 books (with more than 51 million copies in print), including such classics as More Than a Carpenter and New Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

      Sean McDowell is an educator and a popular speaker at schools, churches, and conferences nationwide. He is author of Ethix: Being Bold in a Whatever World, coauthor of Understanding Intelligent Design, and general editor of Apologetics for a New Generation and The Apologetics Study Bible for Students. He is currently pursuing a PhD in apologetics and worldview studies. Sean’s website, www.seanmcdowell.org, offers his blog, many articles and videos, and much additional curriculum.

      About the Writer

      Dave Bellis is a ministry consultant focusing on ministry planning and product development. He is a writer, producer, and product developer. He and his wife, Becky, have two grown children and live in northeastern Ohio.

      Acknowledgments

      We would like to thank the many people who brought creativity and insight to forming this course:

      Terri Snead and David Ferguson of Great Commandment Network for their writing insights for the TruthTalk and Truth Encounter sections of this growth guide.

      Terry Glaspey for his insights and guidance as he helped in the development of the Unshakable Truth Journey concept.

      Paul Gossard for his skillful editing of this manuscript.

      And finally, the entire team at Harvest House, who graciously endured the process with us.

      Josh McDowell

      Sean McDowell

      Dave Bellis       

      WHAT IS THE UNSHAKABLE TRUTH JOURNEY ALL ABOUT?

      You hear people talk about having a personal relationship with God and knowing Christ. But what does that really mean? Sure, they probably are saying they are a Christian and God has personally forgiven them of their sins. But is that all of what being a Christian really is—being a person forgiven by God?

      We are here to say that being a follower of Christ is much, much more than that. Everything you are and what you are becoming as a person is wrapped up in it. When Jesus said he was the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6) he was offering us a supernatural way to follow in his way, his

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