But God...The Gospel in Two Words (Reflections Series)

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In God's world, nothing happens by chance. Many times in Scripture we see how God intervenes in the affairs of mankind, or, as Thomas Kempis put it, 'For man proposes, but God disposes.' The words 'but God' enshrine a recurring theme throughout the Scriptures of the gracious, merciful and sovereign ways in which God has intervened in the lives of men and women down the ages, and most especially in our salvation. In each of the thirty one thoughtful and encouraging studies in this book, Tony Bennett takes a Scripture text that contains the phrase 'but God', or, more often in the New Testament, 'but Jesus', and demonstrates how each text depends for its effect on what goes before these two wordsoften the background of our sinas compared with what comes after themthe wonder of God's grace and love.About the Author:Tony Bennett is a member of Christ Church, Westbourne, in Bournemouth. Before retirement he taught American Politics, first at the Royal Hospital School, Ipswich, and t