There’s a big difference between judgment and love, obligation and freedom, a wage and a gift. The difference characterizes an extraordinary amount of our day-to-day experience, often dividing fear from hope, and death from life. At the heart of Christianity lies a similar and related dynamic: between the Law and the Gospel. Far from being a reductive or antiquated distinction, understanding where one ends and the other begins allows a person to see both the Bible and themselves—indeed, the whole world!—in a fresh and enlivening way. Written with the non-theologian in mind, this short volume unpacks the good news of God’s grace with practicality, humor, and a whole lot of heart.

Law and Gospel: A Theology for Sinners (and Saints)

Religion & Spirituality

Zahl, David

Richardson, Ethan

McDavid, William

Christian Books & Bibles

Mockingbird Ministries, Incorporated

For millions of listeners worldwide, the public radio program This American Life serves as an indispensable weekly reminder of what it means to be alive. The show has a rare gift for capturing the complexities of life, and in a very deep way does what radio has always sought to do: tell honest, entertaining stories with both humor and heart. In This American Gospel, Ethan Richardson sheds light on the elements of the program that most resonate with the Christian faith, such as the weariness that comes from demand and expectation, and the inspiring power of love and mercy. With playfulness and wit, This American Gospel selects episodes from the show's tenure, and expounds on their potential as parables of the paradoxical and no-less-complicated realities of the Christian message.

This American Gospel: Public Radio Parables and the Grace of God

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Daily Grace: The Mockingbird Devotional, Vol. 2

We all yearn for grace. But what purports to be good news often feels like judgment, expectation, or demand. 
Through personal experience, humor, and bucketloads of compassion, Daily Grace reveals the gospel for what it is: endless love and relief rising through the weeds of ordinary life. Composed by over sixty different contributors, these brief scriptural devotions offer comfort and wisdom while pointing toward Jesus Christ, the cross, and the resurrection. Whether you read this book daily, or once in a blue moon during a personal breakdown (it happens to all of us!), this grace is for you.

Phillips, Stephanie

Bird, Chad

Zahl, Paul F.M.

Getz, Charlotte

Parsley, Larry

Condon, Sarah

Brewer, Todd

Jarrell, Bryan

Mockingbird Ministries

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