Amazon Category:  Religion Publisher: PublishAmerica ISBN-10:  1591293758 Type: Non-Fiction Pages: 137 Copyright: May 1 2002 What do you believe and how did you come to believe it? Are your beliefs truly based upon God's word or do they come from human reasoning? Learn how to break the chains of legalism and religious traditions and experience the freedom found in God's amazing grace. Today there are countless adult Christians who are struggling with unresolved spiritual issues. Some have sought relief in the religious teachings of their youth only to discover they are no longer relevant to their present day situations. In adult life, Jim Clifford found hmself questioning what he truly believed about God and how he came to believe it. He discovered that many of his beliefs were not truly based upon the word of God, but strongly influenced by the legalistic, religious environment in which he grew up. Receiving a true revelation of God's grace provided Jim with the inner peace he longed for and freed him up to become the person God really intended for him to be. Please visit Jim's other web site at www.publishedauthors.net/jimclifford Excerpt I John 4:7 (NIV) tells us that knowing God's love enables us to love. "Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." God's love toward us is not based on what we do or don't do, but rather on who he is. According to I John 4:8 "God is love". His very nature is love. He loves us unconditionally not matter what. With this assurace we don't have to be uptight, wondering all the time whether or not we are pleasing to him. In fact Ephesians 1:6 (KJV) assures us that, "He hath made us accepted in the Beloved".

I Lost My Religion
I'm reading your book for the second time and am eagerly awaiting your next one!



Donna - Okla.

I Lost My Religion
I really enjoyed your book. I read it twice the first weekend I got it. I look forward to your next one. Thank you for your inspiration and spiritual guidance in a time when our world is starving for Christian perspectives.



Courtney - Texas

THE ANTIDOTE FOR LEGALISM!
This book is RECOMMENDED FOR EVANGELICALS IN GENERAL AND PENTECOSTALS/CHARISMATICS IN PARTICULAR! Jim Clifford has given the church world an exellent guide to growing in the Grace of God. Besides having an excellent title, the book provides solid information that's practical, inspiring and certainly heart-felt. While it is designed as a teaching tool, it reads like a memoir. In fact, it reminded me of the Confessions of St. Augustine, in that it is very personal and challenging. Clifford holds nothing back and his sincerity is clear and convincing. He takes you inside his churches and reveals his own short-comings. He also brings you inside his home, where he addresses his failure with his wife and children. His feelings of hopelessness and anger are all noted. They are punctuated with his prayers to God. But then he describes his life-changing moment when he found amazing grace. Clifford hits the nail on the head when he shows how Christians rely on their works to please God. At the same time, he uses many Scriptures to explain the danger of such practice. Then he emphasizes the truth: God's gift of eternal life is received by faith alone in Christ alone. It's not of works, but is the gift of God so that no one can brag. Having grown up in a Pentecostal church myself, I could easily identify with Clifford's message. And I commend him putting his work in print. This book is beautifully written and filled with Scripture and sound doctrine. It should be on the shelf of every Christian library. It deserves the respect given to classic memoirs, such as those written by Augustine, Wesley, Calvin, etc. I say, BUY THIS BOOK! No, BUT TWO OR THREE COPIES and then share them with Christians who are trying to please God through their own efforts, outside the Grace of Christ.





Roscoe Barnes III - Baltimore, Maryland, United States.





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