Grace: The Truth, Growth, and Different Degrees

by Christopher Love

“Christopher Love was a brilliant young Welsh preacher and rising star in the world of Puritan ministry,” wrote the late J.I. Packer. Love was highly regarded by his peers. He was a staunch Presbyterian and a Covenanter. The American preacher, Jonathan Edwards, read Love and had his books in his personal library.

Here are Love’s 15 sermons on grace, taken from 1 Kings 14:13: “Because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel.” The Puritans saw a God who looked for “some good thing” in His people. The “hall of fame” in Hebrews 11 is full of people who, for all we know, only did one good thing, and yet they are held up as models of faith. That indeed is grace, and that indeed is amazing!

Christopher Love is one of my favorite Puritans. And this book on “Grace” is, in my opinion, one of the 3 best books I’ve ever published in over 30 years of reprinting the Puritans. If there’s a single theme to this book it is this: Christ is a better Savior than I am a sinner. —Dr. Don Kistler, Editor

173 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ayden Tilton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some really great nuggets of truth, although I did find some of it repetitive, and I had a hard time completely understanding his meaning sometimes because he never explained exactly what he meant by grace. He does explain how it is applied, Who it comes from, some encouragement to Christians who may not understand why they do not seem to have much grace, or maybe not as much as someone else, among other things.

[Alex Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5
It’s surprising that Christopher Love is relatively unknown even among the Puritans. He is certainly one of the easier to read and his sermons are shorter than typical for his era. His works featured in the library of Jonathan Edwards and they undoubtedly influenced the American.