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Barbara R. Duguid is a counselor and ministry assistant at Christ Presbyterian Church (ARPl in Grove City, Pennsylvania, where she crafts the weekly liturgy. She is a pastor's wife and the mother of six children, and she holds an advanced certificate in biblical counseling from the Christian visa mer Counseling and Educational Foundation in Glenside. Pennsylvania. visa färre

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Extravagant Grace is a vulnerable look at what it means to live out sanctification in authenticity. Duguid hammers her point constantly in a grace-centered approach; one that is not proud of bootstrap theology or any self-driven forms of "getting ones act together". She does this demonstrating compassionate towards the weary and the despairing, unveiling the imperfections of her own experience as a pastor's wife, glutton, and a recovering racist, and baring much of her pain and struggle to demonstrate her point: Grace explained to those who are hurting needs to have grace experienced by revealing deep hurt. A wonderful guide and companion(perhaps even in tandem) to other books on sanctification that talk about Spirit fueled effort. Great read.… (mer)
 
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gingsing27 | 3 andra recensioner | Jul 8, 2022 |
In many ways this book was a balm to my soul. It is an exploration of John Newton's teaching on sanctification, which stands as a rebuke to triumphalistic claims of victory over sin. By contrast, Newton advised the recipients of his pastoral letters that the purpose of sanctification is not that we sin less and less in this life, but that we increasingly see our absolute need for Jesus.

This has a lot of implications for one's daily walk. It means taking a high view of the Holy Spirit's sovereignty over our sanctification. There is not a "Holy Spirit switch" we can flip to aid us in our fight against sin, when we can muster the willpower for it. He has us right where he wants us at every moment, appointing different circumstances and allotments of faith to each person throughout their lives. It means recognizing that repentance for sin and the ability to change do not always, or even often, arrive in tandem. It frees us to be gentler with ourselves and with others, meeting them where they are.

There were other aspects that were more troubling to me. For instance, I was disappointed that Duguid refers only in passing to the role of the sacraments and means of grace in our sanctification. More broadly, although she does not discount the scriptural exhortations to strive toward holiness, it was never clear to me how that striving fits into the overall picture of our learning to revel in grace . . . only that our gratitude will naturally overflow into desiring to obey more and more. I wished she would have spent more time "showing her work" exegetically.

I have struggled with this topic over the past few years, and at times it isn't clear to me how the "resting more and more" approach doesn't just throw weak consciences back onto the treadmill of doubt and frustration. I would love to have a conversation with someone like Barbara Duguid or Tullian Tchividjian about that. In the meantime, I do recommend this book, but it should be read with discernment, of course, and one should be prepared to wrestle with it.


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LudieGrace | 3 andra recensioner | Aug 10, 2020 |
“Wherever you have sinned and continue to sin, he has obeyed in your place. That means that you are free to struggle and fail; you are free to grow slowly; you are free at times not to grow at all; you are free to cast yourself on the mercy of God for a lifetime.” Extravagant Grace Ch 9 pg 153

Do you believe that sanctification progresses in the measure you cooperate with God’s work in you? Do you believe that you should sin less, and be perfect more, the longer you’ve been a Christian? Do you believe experiencing addictive, habitual sin means there is something wrong with your Christianity? Barbara Duguid, in her book Extravagant Grace: God’s Glory Displayed In Our Weakness (P&R, 2013) answers with a resounding and shocking “NO!”. Instead, she re-defines what is typically understood by the “victorious christian life”. Painfully transparent pastor’s wife and counselor, Duguid deploys the writings of John Newton (former slave trader, pastor, and author of the hymn “Amazing Grace”) to argue that joy in Christ is not about growing in perfection, but recognizing that God’s purposes and sovereignty include even the Christian’s continuous failure in the face of sin. She argues that sanctification is not about sinning less, but depending on Christ more, and urges us to relinquish the delusion that we can move towards perfection through our own efforts.

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mandy42990 | 3 andra recensioner | Feb 26, 2016 |
This is a book that is hard to read. At least it was for me. And, I am not saying “hard to read” in the manner of, “I just don't understand what she is saying!” No, I understood perfectly throughout. Mrs. Duguid is a brilliant writer. She conveys her points beautifully and clearly and leaves no worldly obstacles to overcome in understanding what she is saying. Her writing is fun and fluid and filled with humor, heaviness, and heart.

But it is hard to read. The content she covers is shocking. She leads the reader through some territory that is uncharted for many readers, Christian or non. She does so with a boldness and ease that can be quite disorienting to the reader. Frankly, at times, the subject she covers and the manner in which she does so is downright offensive. There were times I argued out loud with this book. And I am so happy, and eternally blessed, that the objections I offered arose from my flesh and not the Spirit who is in me.

“Perhaps our greatest problem (as Christians) is not the reality of our sin, but our unbiblical expectations of what Christian growth should look like.”

This “perhaps” finds itself to be shown to be a resounding “most definitely” throughout Extravagant Grace. Why did God choose to sanctify believers progressively? If His only goal in sanctification is for us to sin less, why doesn't He remove all temptations, struggles, sinful desires, etc...to ensure our sinless Christian life? If I am His and He is sovereign and His sole desire is for me to stop sinning, then why do I still sin at all?
Duguid answers these questions with a theology of sanctification that is wholly biblical and historically orthodox yet, for some odd reason, is relatively an alien and offensive concept to so many believers today.

Duguid seamlessly weaves the theology of John Newton on sanctification with Scripture and her experience to produce a work that, for so many of us, is shocking and new. Salvation is by grace alone, apart from works. Anyone who holds to the ultimate sufficiency and authority of Scripture has to affirm this truth. God's work of salvation is an act of His goodness, His kindness, His merit. He earned it and He gives it. But how does that apply our life as Christians? Is grace the door into salvation and then works and obedience and our merit the means unto greater holiness? Is salvation all of grace or only part of grace?

Never have I seen a work that dealt with this issue so explicitly, powerfully, and practically. Duguid's life examples as, first, a sinner and, also, a counselor are helpful in a myriad of ways. To see the implications of the fact that salvation, from beginning to end, is a work of God for which He alone is to be praised displayed so clearly and practically was immensely encouraging, challenging, hope-filled and awe-inspiring. This book led me to the throne of grace, to worship my Savior in a mighty way throwing myself on the truth that I rely on Him completely for every good gift, including my faith and my sanctification.

Duguid's purpose in this book seems to be quite simple. She sets out to take a big, pointy, sharpened, Spirit-saturated, Gospel-exalting grace stick and then proceeds to spend 200 pages poking and stabbing the reader in every self-righteous, self-condemning, grace-hating recess of his/her sinful flesh. Reading Duguid's work was one of the most painful/joyful, shocking/comforting reads I have ever endured/enjoyed.

This book is a hard read, not because of big words but because of a big God. It is a hard read, not because of overwhelming expectations of the reader but because of overwhelming expectations of the Savior. This book is a hard read, not because of what it tells the reader to do but because of what it reminds the reader that the Savior has done. This book is a hard read and it is, oh, so good!

"It is a radical and almost frightening thought to see that God is actually as much at work in our worst moments of sin and defeat as he is in our best moments of shining obedience."


I received this book for review purposes from the publisher through Netgalley.com


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